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many others, feeling amply repaid by the gratification it 

 afforded him. I could not resist his overtures to play, as 



he was my only companion ; and, living in that solitary 

 manner, we found mutual pleasure in such diversions. 



Another occasion on which he used to peep at me was 

 when he lay down to take his midday nap. For this I had 

 made him a little hammock. It was suspended by wires 

 hooked in the top of my cage, so as to be removable when 

 not in use. I always hung this near me, so I could swing 

 him to sleep like a child. He liked this very much, and I 

 liked equally well to indulge him in it. When he was 

 laid in this little hammock, he was usually covered up with 

 a small piece of canvas, and in spreading it over him I 

 sometimes laid the edge of it over his eyes. But this 

 caused him to suspect me of having some motive in doing 

 so. Then he would reach his finger up, catch the edge of 

 the cloth and gently draw it down, so as to see what I was 

 doing. If he found that he was detected, he quickly 

 released the cloth, and cuddled down as though he had 

 drawn it down bv accident ; but the little rogue knew just 

 as well as I did that it was not fair to peep. 



I also made him another hammock, which was hung a 

 few yards from the cage. It was intended that he should 

 get into this without bothering me. But he did not seem 

 to care for it, until I brought a young gorilla to live with 

 us in our jungle home. As Moses had never used this 

 hammock, I assigned it to the new member of the house- 

 hold. Whenever the gorilla got into the hammock there 

 was a small row about it. Moses would never allow him 

 to occupy it in peace. He seemed to know that it was 



