V. 



MORE LEMUR WAYS. 



A great pleasure to Koko when there was no 

 fire was to sit on the centre-table, close to a big 

 Rochester-burner lamp, and luxuriate in its heat. 

 The first time he tried this seat, he put one in- 

 quisitive finger on the shade, but instantly thrust 

 it into his mouth with a glance at me. I laughed 

 at him, and, feeling insulted, he ran out his 

 tongue, and saluted me with a mocking " Ya ! 

 ya ! ya ! " Often as he sat there afterward he 

 never touched the lamp again. 



When a fire was burning in the open stove, 

 a foot-rest was placed before it for the use of 

 the little beast, who spent many hours there. 

 Sometimes he sat with his tail around his neck 

 like a boa, but usually he was bolt upright with 

 his feet stretched out toward the fire, while he 

 dressed the hair of his tail, which w r as several 

 inches longer than his body and an object of 

 great care. His way of doing this was to haul 

 it up before his face, and hold it with both 

 hands, while he washed and combed it the wrong 

 way ; that is, so that the hair stood up instead of 

 lying down. His hair was woolly and not soft, 



