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when he was once taken up and settled on 

 his keeper's knees, he submitted to the rub- 

 bing much better than either of the others, 

 and neither sulked nor flew into a passion. 



The process of rubbing the face came last, 

 and then he shut his eyes, screwed up his 

 face exactly in the same way in which I have 

 seen children when being washed, and when 

 it was all over, gave a big sniff and sigh of 

 satisfaction. And then he chased the little 

 drill — Who had been watching him with keen 

 interest, gesticulating all the time to the 

 keeper, evidently telling him what he thought 

 about it — all round the cage, tried to scare 

 him by stamping his small feet at him, and 

 then pummelled him until he whimpered and 

 cried ! 



After this he spread his arms out and 

 careered round and round and, when we 

 laughed, stopped suddenly, looked at us with 

 a pleased expression and then did it again 

 and again until he was so dizzy that he had 

 to sit down and blink his eyes. 



August is like many human beings ; he takes 



