DOHONG, THE ORANG UTAN 123 



Whether this wild paroxysm was from grief 

 or temper it is impossible to say, or how she 

 could, or whether she did, know what had 

 just happened. I make no comment on it 

 and draw no conclusions, because with wild 

 animals I have never yet come to any definite 

 conclusions, even after months of careful 

 study and many comparisons, without being 

 completely contradicted in some other ways 

 which had made themselves manifest mean- 

 while. I only know that this is absolutely 

 true in every respect exactly as I have re- 

 lated it, and it is undoubtedly a most inter- 

 esting and extraordinary coincidence. 



Among his many friends no one was more 

 sincerely grieved at Dohong's death than I 

 was. I was photographed with him last sum- 

 mer by Mr. Sanborn and little thought at the 

 time that he would die so soon. I remember 

 wondering at the time what would happen if 

 he got obstreperous, for I had just been told 

 of some of his feats of strength ; and, although 

 Mr. Sanborn and James Reilly were close by, 

 there was no knowing what might happen if 



