THE HALF-MONKEY. 



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he played what seemed impossible pranks on it. 

 He turned somersets over it ; he hung by one 

 hand and swung ; he jumped and seized it with 

 hand or foot ; whisked over it, and came up the 

 other side. He never made a slip nor touched 

 the lamp, and his long, stiff tail served as a bal- 

 ancing pole. 



