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his own by right, and the gorilla was regarded as an in- 

 truder. He would push and shove the gorilla, grunt and 

 whine and quarrel until he got him out of it. But after 

 doing so he would leave the hammock and climb up into 

 the bushes, or go scouting about, hunting something to 

 eat. He only wanted to dispossess the intruder, for 

 whom he nursed an inordinate jealousy. He never went 

 about the gorilla's little house, which was near another 

 side of my cage. Even after the gorilla died Moses kept 

 aloof from its house. 



As a rule, I took Moses with me in my rambles into 

 the forest, and I found him to be quite useful in one way. 

 His eyes were like the lens of a camera ; nothing es- 

 caped them. When he discovered anything in the jungle, 

 he always made it known by a peculiar sound. He could 

 not point it out with his finger, but by watching his eyes 

 the object could often be located. Frequently during 

 these tours the ape rode on my shoulders. At other times 

 the boy carried him ; but occasionally he was put down on 

 the ground to walk. If we traveled at a very slow pace, 

 and allowed him to stroll along at leisure, he was con- 

 tent to do so ; but if hurried beyond a certain gait, he 

 always made a display of temper. He would turn on the 

 boy and attack him if possible ; but if the boy escaped, 

 the angry little ape would throw himself down on the 

 ground, scream, kick, and beat the earth with his own 

 head and hands, in the most violent and persistent man- 

 ner. He sometimes did the same way when not allowed 

 to have what he wanted. His conduct was exactly like 

 that of a spoiled or ugly child. 



