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simml, begging to be taken into tlieir arms; liis 

 rcqiwist ©ace acceded to, he was as atlliesive a$ 

 Sinbad's old man dT sea ; my attempt to 

 reiiioM' liim Ijoiiip,- followed by violent seiearns. 

 Hi' eould not (nubirr di^sippointniont, and, likt* 

 tlio linnum speeies, was always better plea?5etl 

 wlieii he ]iad his own way ; when refused or dis- 

 HffpoiitM al; anyttiin^, M woM display the 

 fix aks (if ti'inprr of a !^j>(>ih'd ^foil^; lie on the 

 iK'c'k. roll about, tbrow his arms and legs in 

 \arions attitudes and directions, dash every 

 thing aside that nughi be within liis reach, 

 wallc liui*ricdly, repeat the oyer attd 



ovev Qgrnm^ utter the gutieral nc^s of m, 

 ra ; tlie cmplo^^itteiit Of coerci\x» measures dur- 

 ing tlic paroxysms reduced him in a sliort period 

 to a system of obedience, and tlie violence of his 

 temper by such ismm Imsxm h. mme degree 

 {^leckfid. Often ho^ h$ wmmied. me of^^t 

 pest to society, a Spoiled child, who may justly 

 \)r drlhied as pa]>a's pride, mamma's darling, 

 the visitor's terror, and an annoyance to all the 

 livijig aiiim^Sj meaattd saftidn^ief vauts, dogs, cats, 

 kt. in tbelioitsc tliatitmifMbelulRiliitiiig^ 



Wlieaoilic came, at sunset, to be taken into my 

 arms, and was refused, hu wouhl fall hito a |ia- 

 I'uxvbm of rage ; hut finding that unsuccessful, 



