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However, as soon as she was taken up by 

 Mr. Reilly, she put her arms round his neck, 

 gave a little crooning noise and seemed per- 

 fectly satisfied. Of course she made as much 

 fuss about the oiling as possible; made 

 hideous faces, cried, moaned, whimpered, and 

 when the brushing process arrived fought the 

 brush as though it were a snake. However, 

 she finally submitted to having her hair 

 brushed gently, and I noticed after this 

 operation she appeared very comfortable and 

 contented and sat in a corner of the cage 

 rubbing her arms just in the same way in 

 which the keeper had been rubbing her with 

 oil. 



Indeed, so enlivening an effect did this mas- 

 saging with oil have upon her that soon after- 

 wards she got up, spread her arms out and 

 careered round and round, evidently well 

 pleased with herself and everyone else. 



Then came Soko's turn. I noticed that 

 great caution was necessary with this chim- 

 panzee. Quiet but sulky, she allowed herself 

 to be rubbed with the oil, but watched every 



