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so, and moved just at the moment when it was carrying ofF the 

 object of its covetousness, when it let it drop, and ran off in the 

 greatest confusion. 



" On the approach of the dry season, the temperature being 

 chilly. Tommy began to be desirous of company during his 

 slumbers in order to keep himself warm. The negroes did not 

 like him for a bed-fellow, although he resembled them so much ; 

 neither did I care to give him a place near me ; so that poor 

 Tommy, repelled everywhere, found himself badly situated. But 

 I soon discovered that he watched until everybody was asleep to 

 creep furtively beside some negro friend ; and there would sleep 

 without stirring until daybreak, when he usually decamped before 

 found out. Several times he was caught in the act and beaten, 

 but he persevered." 



This little Chimpanzee was endowed with great intelligence. 

 Its master entertained the most sanguine hojies of being able to 

 send it to America, when it died without any apparent cause ; but 

 probably its death was produced by languor and melancholy, which 

 kills all the young Chimpanzees taken away from their native 

 forests and maternal care. 



Buffon has given some very interesting details regarding a 

 young Chimpanzee which was brought to Paris in 1740. He tells 

 us that this animal offered its hand to lead people about who 

 came to visit it ; that it promenaded with them in the gravest 

 manner as if keeping them company ; that it sat at table, spread 

 out its napkin, wiped its lips with it, and used its spoon and fork 

 to carry food to its mouth ; that it poured out its drink into 

 a glass by itself, hob-nobbed when invited to do so ; that it 

 would take a cup and saucer, put them on the table, put sugar in 

 the cup, and pour tea over it, leave it to cool before drinking it, 

 and all this without any other instigation than the signs or words 

 of its master, and often even without this. 



Dr. Franklin mentions having seen, some years ago, in the 

 Zoological Gardens of Antwerp, a Chimpanzee which sometimes 

 dined at the table of the Director, where on fete days it drank to 

 the health of the company in a glass of champagne. This Monkey 

 showed a great regard for the children of the house, and joined 

 in their games. In summer it accompanied them into the garden, 

 climbed up into a cherry tree, and gathered fruit for them. 



