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signal, I cannot say. My impression is that 

 it was on account of his signal. 



The first sign Dohong gave of the beginning 

 of his last illness was by constantly covering 

 himself up entirely with the straw in his cage, 

 and only leaving just his odd, flat face with 

 its calm steady eyes to be seen. The keeper 

 told me at the time that he thought it must be 

 because the boys had been teasing him, but 

 it eventually turned out that he must have 

 been feeling the first chilliness or shiverings 

 which preceded his illness. 



Dohong always had a bad habit of swallow- 

 ing any kind of stuff or rag. At one time he 

 and Polly were given a clean handkerchief 

 every morning to the great delight of the 

 small boys who used to watch them wipe up 

 the floor, rub the bars, and sop up any odd 

 slops of orange juice or any other little thing 

 they could find. But when these handker- 

 chiefs mysteriously disappeared, and it was 

 proved that the apes had swallowed them, it 

 was stopped at once. 



It used to be Dohong 's great delight to 



