VI. 



KOKO'S FRIENDLINESS. 



Unlike most beasts, this little fellow had a 

 great liking for strangers, and frequently took 

 violent fancies, in which case it was quite impos- 

 sible to keep him away from the object of his 

 affections. Some people liked it, but others did 

 not ; and when one young lady was actually 

 afraid of him, he appreciated her feeling, and 

 not only resented it by angry barking grunts, 

 but contrived again and again to surprise her, 

 by stealing up behind her chair and suddenly 

 pouncing upon her. Of course she shrieked, 

 and he squealed and grunted and ran out his 

 tongue at her. With his friends he was trouble- 

 somely affectionate, insisting on being held on 

 lap, arm, or shoulder, and following them from 

 room to room, in a long, droll gallop on the floor, 

 or by jumping from chair to table, and some- 

 times to their backs as they passed. 



Perhaps the most amusing entertainment was 

 his attention to a certain grave professor who 

 spent an evening with us. 



The professor was interested in animals, and 

 as pleased to see him as was Koko himself when 



