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but he has the good manners not to spit on the 

 floor. When Consul has his pipe lighted he usually 

 sits on the floor to enjoy it, and he spreads a sheet 

 of paper down before him to spit on. When he has 

 finished smoking he rolls up the paper and throws it 

 into some corner out of the way. When playing 

 about the grounds he often finds a cigar stub. He 

 knows what it is, picks it up, puts it into his mouth 

 and at once goes to his keeper for a light. He will 

 not attempt to light his pipe or cigar, because he is 

 afraid of burning his fingers ; but he will light a 

 match and hand it to his keeper to hold while light- 

 ing the pipe. He sometimes takes a piece of paper, 

 lights it in the fire and hands it to some one else to 

 light his pipe for him. He is afraid of the fire, and 

 will not hold the paper while it is burning. If any 

 one hesitates to take it from him, he throws it at 

 them and gets out of the way. He is not so fond of 

 cigarettes, because he gets the tobacco in his mouth, 

 and he does not like the taste of it. 



When Consul is furnished with a piece of chalk, 

 he begins to draw some huge figure on the wall or 

 floor. He never attempts to make a small design 

 with chalk, but if given a pencil and paper he 

 executes some peculiar figure of smaller design. 

 Those made with the chalk or pencil are usually 

 round or oval in shape, but if given a pen and ink he 

 at once begins to make a series of small figures con- 

 taining many acute angles. Whether these results 

 are from design or accident I cannot say, but he 

 appears to have a well-defined idea as to the use of 



