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ing and impassioned address. The sounds which 

 she used and the gestures with which she ac- 

 cented them, as far as I could determine, were 

 the same as those used by Dago and Pedro in 

 their remarks to me as above described, except 

 that Dodo delivered her lines in a much more 

 impressive manner than either of the others. I 

 asked the keeper to go into the cage with me, 

 and see if he could take her into his hands. 

 We entered the cage, and after a little coaxing 

 she allowed him to take her into his arms, and 

 after caressing her for a while and assuring her 

 that no harm was meant, she would put her slen- 

 der little arms about his neck and cuddle her 

 head up under his chin like an injured child. 

 She would caress him by licking his cheeks and 

 chattering to him in a voice full of sympathy, 

 with an air of affection worthy of a human being. 

 During most of this time she would continue her 

 pathetic speech without a moment's pause, and 

 was not willing under any conditions to be sep- 

 arated from him. The only time at which she 

 would ever show any anger at me or threaten 

 me with assault would be when I would attempt 

 to lay hands on her keeper or release him from 

 her warm embrace. At such times, however, 



