30 BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
out of a cup or glass, and to 
use a spoon for its food ; and 
when it had done, it would care- 
fully lay them down on the 
table or give them to its keeper. 
It was not given to be playful ; 
it looks too grave for that per- 
haps you think ; yet sometimes 
it would run after its keeper 
and pretend to fight with him ; 
and if he went away, it would 
grow angry and try to break 
open its door. It was also 
very fond of playing with a 
cat, which it would carry about 
in its arms, whether pussy liked 
it or not, just as you, I dare 
say, sometimes carry about a 
