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door enjoying his coffee, quite unembarrassed 
by those who observed him, and with a gro- 
tesque and sober air that seemed a burlesque 
on human nature. 
“Next to the boatswain, I was perhaps his 
most intimate acquaintance. He would 
always follow me to the mast-head, whither 
I often went for the sake of reading apart 
from the noise of the ship ; and, having sa- 
tisfied himself that my pockets contained no 
eatables, he would lie down by my side, and, 
pulling a topsail entirely over him, peep from 
it occasionally to watch my movements. 
“ His favourite amusement in Java was in 
swinging from the branches of trees, in pass- 
ing from one tree to another, and in climbing 
over the roofs of houses ; on board, in hanging 
by his arms from the ropes, and in romping 
w'ith the boys of the ship. He would entice 
them into play by striking them with his hand 
as they passed, and bounding from them, but 
