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f ondness when in England, as it had been while on board the Caesar, 

 was for the orange. The present of an orange was always grateful 

 to him — Jocko ! the keeper would sometimes say to him, there 

 is an orange in ray pocket for you the intimation was sufficient, 

 he immediately put his hand into the pocket to find it, and was 

 always mortified when he was teazed with disappointment. Occasion- 

 ally an orange or some other fruit was deposited in a kind of locker, 

 stationed in his room, and to this his visits were pretty frequently 

 directed. Sometimes a little present of this kind was dropped into 

 the chest without being observed by him, and if told there was some- 

 thing in the locker for him, he would proceed immediately to it, and 

 lifting up the lid take out the prize ; or if he found the box locked, 

 as would sometimes prove the case, he would go back to the 

 keeper for the key, and returning with it to the locker, put the key 

 into the lock and open it. Something very similar was observed 

 by Camper in the female Orang-Outang, that was living at the Hague 

 in the year J 776; for this last mentioned animal, observing the man- 

 ner in which her keeper locked and unlocked the padlock of his 

 chain, was seen shortly after endeavouring to unlock the padlock by 

 thrusting a splinter of wood into the ward, and failing in these efforts 

 to throw back the spring, she washed the face of the lock with water, 

 then wiped it dry, and seemed at last surprised that all her labours 

 were not attended with success. This animal of Camper's preferred 

 carrots and parsley to any other vegetables with which she was pre- 

 sented ; perhaps oranges, had they been offered to her, would have 

 proved more grateful. ^ 



The Orang-Outang being an inhabitant of a warm climate, is 

 found to be extremely affected by the cold : when on board the 



