Log-book of a fisherman and zoologist / by Frank Buckland.

Date:
1875
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Log-book of a fisherman and zoologist / by Frank Buckland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    the salt from tlie salt-cellar, with his long bear-like claws. He has made friends with the monkeys, who have taught him to steal; and if I am not very sharp, he will drink up all the milk or else upset it; his head just fits into the milk-jug. When he first arrived I thought I would try him with an egg; so I sent the page-boy John for one, which, after a few minutes' delay, he brought up. I put Jemmy on the floor with the egg; he scratched it, then smelt at it with his pointed nose, and immediately bolted. I thought this very odd, as the suricates when at home are known to be great egg-eaters. A minute or two afterwards I found out the cause of the phenomenon, for on picking up the egg I found that it had been boiled just before the boy brought it up; it was quite hot, and of course poor Jemmy had burnt his nose when he had attempted to crack the shell with his teeth. Jemmy soon, however, made short work of an unboiled egg which I immediately sent for for him. At breakfast time, now, I always have a bother to keep Jemmy away from the eggs after they are opened, for he has learned to eat them boiled as well as raw. It is the funniest thing in the world to see him sit up and look out of the window; he rears himself up on his hind legs, and in this attitude he looks just like a pen- guin, as he hangs his fore-paws down in the same position that the penguin hangs its wings. He will sit in this penguin-like fashion in the window for hours looking at the carriages and people in the street; he will also sit in front of the fire inside the fender, or at the corner of the table nearest the fire, and warm his stomach. If he has been H
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