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ites. His great delight was to be allowed to upset the 

 sugar-basin, and then scratch about among the lumps of 

 sugar. He was also very fond of cream, and it was most 

 amusing to see him try to get the little drops of cream I 

 had left for him out of the cream-can, as left by the milk- 

 woman. I am obliged to have my cream in this little can, 

 as the cats, marmoset, or something else would be sure to 

 have it before I came down. I placed the cream-can on 

 the floor, and it was fun to see Jemmy try to force it open 

 with his teeth, to get the cream out ; ho used quite to lose 

 his patience with this metal cream-can. 



•i. After breakfast, Jemmy generally had a stand-up 

 fight with the monkeys. He would inspect (from the out- 

 side) the bottom of the monkey-cage. If he discovered 

 any portion of the monkeys' breakfast which he thought 

 might suit him, he would immediately try to steal' it by 

 thrusting his arms through the bar. The monkeys invari- 

 ably resented this indignity. The carroty, old, crippled 

 monkey, Jane, could only make eyes and faces at him. 

 The wicked, impudent "Little Jack" would jump up and 

 down like an India-rubber ball, all the time well inside the 

 cage, where Jemmy could not get at him. When Jemmy 

 was fighting the monkeys, he would stand on his hind legs 

 and show his lovely, "white, carnivorous teeth at them, 

 turning up bis sharp, mole-like nose in a most contemptu- 

 ous manner, all the time keeping up a continuous bark, 

 into which fun the parrot generally entered and barked like 

 Jemmy also. 



5. One morning, in the middle of the fight, Jemmy 

 forgot himself for the moment in turning round, and gave 

 the ever-vigilant Little Jack a chance. Little Jack seized 

 Jemmy's tail with screams of delight, and pulled him 

 straight up to the bars. Carroty Jane then joined in, and 

 they Avere getting the best of it, when suddenly Jemmy 

 turned sharp round and made his teeth meet in Little 



