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commended from a moral standpoint, but it appears to 

 afford him quite as much pleasure as it does the average 

 boy when he first acquires the habit. He has also formed 

 the habit of spitting as he smokes, — but he has the good 

 manners not to spit on the floor. When Consul has his 

 pipe lighted he usually sits on the floor to enjoy a smoke, 

 and he spreads down before him a sheet of paper to spit 

 on. When he has finished smoking he rolls up the paper 

 and throws it into some corner, out of the way. When 

 playing about the grounds he often finds a cigar stub. 

 He knows what it is, picks it up, puts it into his mouth, 

 and at once goes to his keeper for a light. He will not 

 attempt to light his pipe or cigar, because he is afraid of 

 burning his fingers ; but he will light a match and hand it 

 to his keeper to hold while lighting the pipe. He some- 

 times takes a piece of paper, lights it in the fire, and hands 

 it to some one else to light his pipe for him. He is afraid 

 of the fire and will not hold the paper while it is burning. 

 If any one hesitates to take it, he throws it at him and 

 then gets out of the way. He is not fond of cigarettes, 

 because he gets the tobacco in his mouth, and he does not 

 like the taste of it. 



When Consul is furnished with a piece of chalk he 

 begins to draw some huge figure on the wall or the floor. 

 He never attempts to make a small design with chalk, but 

 if given a pencil and paper, he executes some peculiar 

 figure of smaller design. Those made with the chalk or 

 the pencil are usually round or oval in shape, but if given 

 a pen and ink, he at once begins to make a series of small 

 figures containing many acute angles. Whether these 



