THE CAPTURE OF MOSES 



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abstract problem, such as belongs to the realm of 

 mathematics, but simple, concrete problems, where 

 the object was present. 



On one occasion, while walking through the forest 

 we came to a small stream of water. The boy and 

 myself stepped across it, leaving Moses to get over it 

 without help. He disliked getting his feet wet, and 

 paused to be lifted across. We walked a few steps 

 away, and waited. He looked up and down the 

 branch to see if there was any way to avoid it. He 

 walked back and forth a few yards, but found no 

 way to cross it. He sat down on the bank, and 

 declined to wade it. After a few moments he 

 waddled along the bank, about ten or twelve feet, 

 to a clump of tall slender bushes growing by the 

 edge of the stream. Here he halted, whined, and 

 looked up into them thoughtfully. At length he 

 began to climb one of them that leaned over the 

 water. As he climbed up, the stalk bent with his 

 weight, and in an instant he was swung safely 

 across the little brook. He let go the plant, and 

 came hobbling along to me with a look of triumph 

 on his face that plainly indicated that he was fully 

 conscious of having performed a very clever feat. 



One dark, rainy night I felt something pulling at 

 my blanket and mosquito bar. I could not for a 

 moment imagine what it was, but knew that it was 

 something on the outside of my cage. I lay for 

 a few seconds, and felt another strong pull at 

 them. In an instant some cold, damp, rough thing 

 touched my face, and I found it was his hand poked 



