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steps towards the cage before he discovered it. 

 Suddenly he stopped, squatted on the ground, but 

 did not sit flat down. For a few seconds he was 

 motionless, and so was I. He slowly raised one 

 arm till his hand was above his head, in which posi- 

 tion he sat for a few seconds, when he moved his 

 hand quickly forward as if to motion at me. He 

 did not drop his hand to the ground, but held it 

 at an angle from his face for a short time, then 

 slowly let it down till it reached the ground. 

 During this time he kept his eyes fixed on me. At 

 length he raised the other arm and seized hold of a 

 strong bush, by which he slowly drew himself in a half- 

 standing position. Thus he stood for a few seconds, 

 with one hand resting on the ground. Suddenly he 

 turned to one side, parted the bushes, and instantly 

 disappeared. He uttered no sound whatever. 



Another visitor that came within about thirty 

 yards along the open path which led to my retreat, 

 stopped when he discovered me, and stared in a 

 perplexed manner. He turned away to retreat, but 

 only went a few feet, turned around, and sat down 

 on the ground. He remained in that attitude for 

 more than half a minute, when he arose and retired 

 in the direction from which he came. 



The finest view that I ever had of any specimen, 

 and at the same time the best subject for study, 

 was a large female that came within a trifle more 

 than three yards of me. There was a dog that 

 belonged to a village a mile or two away that had 

 become attached to me, and had found its way 



