THE CAPTURE OF MOSES 



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moved when not in use. I always hung this by my 

 side in the cage, so I could swing him to sleep like 

 a child. He liked this, and I liked to indulge him. 

 When he was laid in it, he was usually covered up 

 with a small piece of canvas, and in spreading it 

 over him, I frequently laid the edge of it over his 

 eyes, but he seemed to suspect me of having some 

 motive in doing so. Often he would reach his 

 fingers up, catch the edge of the cloth, and gently 

 draw it down, so he could see what I was doing. 

 If he saw that he was detected, he would quickly 

 release it, and cuddle down, as if it had been done 

 by accident ; but the little rogue knew, just as well 

 as I did, what it meant to peep. 



I also made him another hammock, and hung it 

 out a few yards from the cage, so he could get into 

 it without bothering me ; but he never cared for it, 

 until I brought a young gorilla to live with us in 

 our jungle home, and as Moses never used it, I 

 assigned it to the new member of the household. 

 Whenever the gorilla got into it there was a small 

 row about it. Moses would never allow him to 

 occupy it in peace. He seemed to know that it was 

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

 intruder. 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 it, and 

 climb up into a bush, or go away to hunt something 

 to eat. He only wanted to dispossess the intruder, 

 for whom he nursed an inordinate jealousy. He 

 never went near the gorilla's little house, which was 



