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ratlier gets into a temper which is of a bad 

 description. It ihm snaps ferociously $i the 

 ^ng^ phxi&d. lamt it, \m Its f^iag t^eth cm 

 make hot Httle impression • it is in downriglit 



earnest, hn\ve\'t'r, for it bristles np and advances 

 its long whiskersj uttering a series of peevish 

 cries and growls. 



Tt^m lying upon the pillow of my bed 

 moFningy wli^ I to(d: ^ ^^iiiiFe and 

 placed it upon as soft a place which had Ifceii 

 made n]> in the cabin on ])UTpose for it ; f>iit this 

 would uot do ; it did uot like the removal, and 



thm^ wit$ m imxt&^^m to its ^e:dsb^ &eifal 



wiiace teing deposited, after licking itself about 

 those parts of its furred coat that had been 

 ruilied by liaudliug, it stretched itself, and laid 



The squeakinfv dtemte^M n^se of the 

 ^eatiiifd during the night, when it is tied u]), 

 is very nrinoving. I suppose tlie desire of nuik- 

 ing iiuctiirnal rambles, as is the nature of the 

 tiibe, %vas the cause to which the cries were to 

 be ^itttihiit6d. 



M]mt I used to give U feoflEes night 

 to am rise itself, and being occupied in crnnclthig 

 them, 1 was no more annoyed by its nocturnal 

 cries. 



