"He was there below me, and, upon my word to look at him was as edifying as seeing a dog in a parody of breeches and a feather hat, walking on his hind legs." (33)
In this similie Marlow shows how inhuman the savages are thought to be. A savage is taught to be the fireman for Marlow's steamboat and is now obediant like a dog. Marlow is disturbed by a grove where the labors went to die, but then thinks of his fireman as inhuman. Marlow seems like he realizes that the natives are treated like animals, but does not nessisarily disagree with it.
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