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him, make him bark alternately with myself. His great 

 peculiarity was his wonderfully intelligent and observing 

 look. He had the peculiarity also of sitting up on his tail, 

 like a kangaroo ; his fore paws on this occasion were like 

 a dog's when begging, lie was very fond of warmth, and 

 would sit up inside the fender and warm himself, oecasion- 



Thc Suricate {Jemmy). 



ally leaning hack against the fender and looking round 

 with the satisfied air of an old gentleman reposing after 

 dinner. When the morning sun came into the room, 

 Jemmy would go and sit in the sunbeams and look out of 

 the window at the passing cabs and omnibuses. When 

 doing this he had a way of turning round very sharply and 

 iooking with his little pig's eyes at me and back, as much 

 as to say, " What do you think of that ? " 



3. When breakfast came up he would dance round me 

 on his hind legs, watching for something. 1 often put 

 him on the breakfast-table ; if I did not put him up he 

 would climb up uninvited. It was very amusing to see him 

 go and smell the egg, and, in his own language, swear at it 

 for being hot. He could not understand its being hot 

 enough to burn his nose ; raw eggs were his special favor- 



