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he has for drinking ont of. He is ceaselessly active all day, and 
at night covers himself very neatly with warm shawls, and 
sleeps soundly till about eight o’clock. 
2 1st. I notice that the love of mischief is very strong in 
him. To-day he got hold of a wine-glass and an egg-cup. The 
glass he dashed on the floor with all his might, and of course 
broke it. Finding, however, that the egg-cup would not break 
for being thrown down, he looked round for some hard sub- 
stance against which to dash it. The post of the brass bedstead 
appearing to be suitable for the purpose, he raised the egg-cup 
high over his bead and gave it several hard blows. When it 
was completely smashed he was quite satisfied. He breaks a 
stick by passing it down between a heavy object and the wall, 
and then hanging on to the end, thus breaking it across the 
heavy object. He frequently destroys an article of dress by 
carefully pulling out the threads (thus unripping it) before he 
begins to tear it with his teeth in a more violent manner, ll 
he gets hold of anything that he sees we do not care about, he 
soon leaves it again ; but if it is an article of value (even if it 
be only a scrap of paper) which he sees we are anxious about, 
nothing will induce him to give it up. BFo food, however in- 
viting, will distract his attention : scolding only makes him 
more angry, and he keeps the article until it is quite destroyed. 
To-day I gave him a hammer to break his walnuts with, and he 
uses it in a proper manner for that purpose. 
22nd. To-day a strange person (a dressmaker) came into the 
room where he is tied up, and I gave him a walnut that she 
might see him break it with his hammer. The nut was a bad 
one, and the woman laughed at his disappointed face. He then 
became very angry, and threw at her everything he could lay 
hands on ; first the nut, then the hammer, then a coffee-pot 
which he seized out of the grate, and, lastly, all his own shawls. 
He throws things, with great force and precision by holding 
them in both hands, and extending his long arms well back over 
his head before projecting the missile, standing erect the while. 
23rd. There is continual war between him and Sharp [a small 
terrier], but they both seem to have a cer tain mutual respect for 
each other. The dog makes snatches at nuts, &c., and runs 
away with them beyond the reach of his chain, and the monkey 
catches at the dog, but seems afraid to hold him or hurt him. 
He however pelts him with nuts or bits of carrot, and chatters 
at him. At other times he holds out his hand as if to make 
Mends, but the dog is too suspicious to go near him. His hos- 
tility towards the servants (one especially) increases, so that he 
