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FOUR-HANDED FOLK. 



rose on his hind legs, which he did with perfect 

 ease, and thrust his nose into the large end, 

 evidently to find the sound. Once happening 

 to get possession of it when its owner was ab- 

 sent, he made a thorough examination of it. He 

 pulled it on to the floor, threw his body across 

 it, embracing it with his legs to keep it in place, 

 pushed his head almost out of sight into the big 

 end, then took the small end in his mouth, as if 

 to blow, and made minute and careful study of 

 every part of it, until fully satisfied that what- 

 ever he sought was beyond his reach, when he 

 threw it down and left it. 



