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reproved him for this until I broke him of the habit. 

 After a careful examination of the jug he would try to 

 pour the water out. He knew how it ought to be done, 

 but was not able to handle the vessel. He always placed 

 the pan on the lower side of the jug; then he leaned the 

 jug towards the pan and let go. He would rarely ever get 

 the water into the pan, but always turned the jug w r ith 

 the neck down grade. As a hydraulic engineer he was 

 not a great success, but he certainly knew the first prin- 

 ciples of the science. 



I tried to teach Moses to be cleanly, but it was a hard 

 task. He would listen to my precepts as if they had made 

 a deep impression, but he would not wash his hands of his 

 own accord. He would permit me or the boy to wash them, 

 but when it came to taking a bath or even wetting his face, 

 he was a rank heretic on the subject, and no amount of 

 logic would convince him that he needed it. When he was 

 given a bath he would scream and fight during the whole 

 process. When it was finished he would climb upon the 

 roof of the cage and spread himself out in the sun. These 

 were the only occasions on which I ever knew him to get 

 upon the roof. I don't know why he disliked the bath so 

 much. He did not mind getting wet in the rain, but rather 

 seemed to like that. 



He had a great dislike for ants and certain large bugs. 

 Whenever one such came near him he would talk like a 

 magpie, and brush at the insect with his hands until he got 

 rid of it. He always used a certain sound for this kind of 

 annoyance ; it differed slightly from those I have described 



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