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^ darken the interior of the jug so that he could not 

 see anything. Then removing his eye from the 

 mouth of it, he would poke his hand in it, but I 

 reproved him for this until I broke him of the habit. 

 After a careful examination of the jug he would try 

 to pour the water out. He knew how it ought to be 

 done, but was not able to handle the vessel himself. 

 He always placed the pan on the lower side of the 

 jug ; then leaned the jug towards it and let go. He 

 would rarely ever get the water into the pan, but 

 always turned the jug with the neck down grade. 

 As a hydraulic engineer he was not a great success, 

 but he certainly knew the first principles of the 

 science. 



I tried to teach Moses to be cleanly, but it was a 

 hard task. He would listen to my precepts as if they 

 had made a deep impression, but he would not wash 

 his hands of his own accord. He would permit me 

 or the boy to wash them, but when it came to taking 

 a bath, or even wetting his face, he was a rank heretic 

 on the subject, and no amount of logic would convince 

 him that he needed it. When he was given a bath, 

 he would scream and fight during the whole process ; 

 and when it was finished he would climb up on the 

 roof of the cage and spread himself out in the sun. 

 This was the only occasion on which I ever knew 

 him to get up on the roof I don't know why he 

 disliked it so much. He did not mind getting wet 

 in the rain, but rather seemed to like that. 



He had a great dislike for ants and certain large 

 bugs. Whenever one came near him he would talk 



