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FO UB— HANDED FOLK 



small mirror and held it before his face. What 

 a look came over him as he saw his head ! He 

 laughed long and heartily, but I observed that 

 after he had retired and put his hair in order 

 he did not allow the u nice little fellow " to dis- 

 arrange it again, though he was just as much 

 pleased with him. 



The good-will of a captive is pleasant to have, 

 and indeed necessary if one would know its 

 ways ; but Koko, as I said, was too affectionate. 

 His chosen seat was the top of one's head, but 

 since he was never allowed to occupy that for 

 more than an instant, he contented himself with 

 the next desirable, namely, the shoulder of some 

 one he liked. There he sat and dressed his fur, 

 now and then giving a sudden lick on the cheek 

 or ear of his victim, intended for a delicate at- 

 tention, perhaps a kiss, sometimes varying this 

 by absent-mindedly snatching a handful of the 

 hair so near him. These marks of his devotion 

 being not very welcome, he was forced to take a 

 seat not quite so near the face. Next in order 

 was an arm, on which he sat by the hour, lick- 

 ing the wrist as long as one could endure it, and 

 scraping it with a push of his queer lower teeth. 

 On somebody he was determined to be. 



Almost every sound Koko uttered was like 

 the voice of a pig. Going about the room con- 

 tentedly, he constantly made a low sound like 



