THE KIN K A JO U. 



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back and head were reached by one foot, or 

 hand, in doing which he turned and twisted his 

 arms and legs over his body, till it seemed as 

 if he would dislocate the joints. His face he 

 washed as a cat does hers, and he also washed 

 other parts of his golden-brown fur, while cov- 

 ered up in his blanket, later in the evening ; but 

 the combing was the regular business, performed 

 before he was ready for society. 



This done he was ready for his supper — or 

 should it be called breakfast, since he had eaten 

 nothing later than the night before ? A banana 

 was peeled, a thin slice cut off, and offered to 

 him on the point of a silver knife. He sniffed 

 at it gently, above, below, on every side, and if 

 exactly to his critical taste, he gravely opened 

 his mouth and received it, every movement being 

 with the utmost deliberation and dignity. 



To eat it, he bit a piece off with the side 

 teeth, threw back his head, and crushed it be- 

 tween the tongue and the roof of the mouth, 

 which was crossed with bony -looking ridges. 

 When he came to me he ate apples, but the 

 first time he saw a banana he fairly snatched it 

 with both hands, so that I could not get it away 

 to peel for him. He tore the skin, and devoured 

 it so greedily that he was furnished with ba- 

 nanas from that time. 



Generally he ate sitting up like a kangaroo, 



