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wine, and exemplified his attachment to spi- 
rits by stealing the captain’s brandy-bottle : 
after his arrival in London he preferred beer 
and milk to anything else, but drank wine and 
other liquors. 
“ In his attempts to obtain food, he afforded 
us many opportunities of judging of his sa- 
gacity and disposition. He was always very 
impatient to seize it when held out to him, 
and became passionate when it was not soon 
given up ; and he would chase a person all 
over the ship to obtain it. I seldom came on 
deck without sweetmeats or fruit in my pocket, 
and could never escape his vigilant eye. 
Sometimes I endeavoured to evade him by 
ascending to the mast-head, but was always 
overtaken or intercepted in my progress. 
Sometimes I fastened an orange to the end 
of a rope, and lowered it to the deck from the 
mast-head ; and, as soon as he attempted to 
seize it, drew it rapidly up. After being several 
