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violent fancies for people. He has taken such 

 a fancy to Dr. Blair that it is now impos- 

 sible for the Doctor to be in the Primates' 

 House without August detecting him. Dr. 

 Blair may be standing in a crowd, and far 

 back, but the bright eyes of August never 

 fail to discover him, and his concentrated gaze 

 cannot fail to tell all those present who he is 

 looking at. And if the Doctor, trying to es- 

 cape so much public notice, draws back or 

 to one side, he only defeats his own ends, be- 

 cause August will follow him with a steady 

 gaze until all in the crowd turn round and 

 follow the direction of his eyes until they find 

 out who he is looking at. 



And if any doubt exists that a chimpanzee 

 smiles, this alone would seem to prove it. 

 For, if any living countenance shows real 

 pleasure and delight it is the countenance 

 of August when he catches sight of the Doc- 

 tor. It is not to be wondered at that now, 

 whenever possible, Dr. Blair does not visit 

 the Primates' House when there are great 

 crowds unless he has some special reason for 



