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visitors for a year, perhaps longer. The strong 

 bond between them seemed to be, that his great- 

 est happiness was to scrape and dress and work 

 over hair, and her greatest happiness was to have 

 it done. 



Passing through Philadelphia a year after- 

 ward, I stopped at the Gardens to see how my 

 little pet fared with a stranger of his own kind, 

 who had lately been added to the happy family 

 in the chimpanzee cage. Sure enough ! there I 

 saw two lemurs, one sitting over behind a box 

 nearly hidden, and the other frolicking in the 

 front. Was this Koko ? He bounded about in 

 the same way, though with not so much spirit, 

 and he had the same vacant stare at something 

 back of his audience, never meeting one's eyes. 

 It was exactly like him, perhaps a little grown. 

 After a while he came near the chimpanzee, who 

 lay quietly on the straw as if she were ill. See- 

 ing him approach, she put out her hand to push 

 him away, and in fact, though he made several 

 attempts to get close to her, she would not allow 

 it. But now the other lemur came from behind 

 the box, a perfect copy of the first, only perhaps 

 a little smaller. With the assurance of estab- 

 lished custom he ran up to the chimpanzee and 

 began to dress her hair. She closed her eyes in 

 contentment, and I knew this was Koko. 



