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which he had picked up on the ground. He again 

 sent him, together with three or four children. 

 When he returned on this occasion he had three 

 sticks in his hand. The man explained to me that, 

 when the ape went alone he would never bring but 

 one twig at a time, and this was sometimes not 

 bigger than a lead-pencil ; but if the children went 

 with him and brought wood, he would bring as 

 much as he could grasp in one hand. He also told 

 me that the animal would sit down on the ground 

 and lay the sticks across one arm in the same 

 manner as the children did, but invariably dropped 

 them when he would rise up. Then he would seize 

 what he could in one hand, and bring it along. He 

 also said, that in carrying a single stick the ape 

 always used the hand in which he held it ; but if he 

 had three or four pieces that he always curved his 

 arm inwards, holding the wood against his side, 

 and hobbled along with his feet and the other 

 hand. 



The next thing with which he entertained me was 

 sending the ape to call some one in the village. He 

 first sent him to bring a certain one of the man's 

 wives. She was several doors away from where we 

 sat. The ape went to one house, sat down at the 

 door for a moment, looking inside, and then moved 

 slowly along to the next, which he entered. Within 

 a minute he appeared at the door holding the cloth 

 that the woman wore tied around her, and in 

 this manner led her to his master. He next sent 

 him to bring a certain boy, which he did in a 



