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body. Frequently, to torment it, I have beforehand taken posses- 

 sion of its bed. In such, a case it would endeavour to pull the sail 

 from beneath me, or try to expel me from its resting-place, and 

 would not rest until it had succeeded. If the bed proved to be 

 large enough for two, it slept quietly beside me. When all 

 the sails were unfurled, it rambled here and there in search of 

 some other couch, stealing either the sailors' jackets and shirts 

 which were hung out to dry, or robbing some hammock of 

 bed-clothes. 



" .... It willingly ate all kinds of meat, especially raw flesh. 

 It was very fond of bread, but always preferred fruit when pro- 

 curable. Its ordinary beverage at Java was water, but on board 

 its drink was as varied as its food. Above everything it liked 

 coffee and tea, but it also willingly took wine. One day it even 

 showed a predilection for strong liquors, by stealing a bottle of 

 brandy belonging to the captain. Since its arrival in London, 

 though it drinks wine and other liquors, it prefers beer and milk 

 to all other fluids. 



" . . . . One of the sailors was its special friend, and this Man 

 shared his meals with it. I must say, however, that the Orang- 

 Outang at times stole the grog and biscuit of its benefactor. He 

 taught it to eat with a spoon. It might have been seen more 

 than once at the door of its protector's cabin tastir.g hi= "cff^e, 

 nowise embarrassed by the presence of those who were observing 

 it, and affecting a grotesquely serious air, a perfect caricature 

 of human nature. 



" This animal was a great glutton ; it would sometimes chase 

 a person along the vessel to obtain a dainty, and if its desire was 

 not satisfied, it would break out into a violent rage. 



" Sometimes," adds Dr. Abel Clark, " I tied an orange to the 

 end of a string, and allowed it to descend on the deck from the 

 masthead. Every time the Monkey tried to seize it, I sharply 

 pulled it up out of his reach. After having been several times 

 deceived in its attempts, it changed its tactics, assuming an air of 

 indifference, it ascended the rigging, when, by making a sudden 

 spring, it seized the cord that suspended the coveted prize. If it 

 happened that it was again deceived in this manoeuvre through 

 the rapidity of my movements, it showed symptoms of despair, 

 retiring into a corner, and giving way to grief." 



