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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1900_003
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Alternative Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1900
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Date
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1900
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Creator
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Elizabeth Van Sant
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Description
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Elizabeth Van Sant transcribed letters
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Identifier
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321301
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Transcription
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3 leaves and some other indigestible matters. Feb. 25 At last, after months of anticipation, we have put the birds into the that is to be their permanent home. Texas seemed more contented than at any time since he came into our possession. We shut him out of his cage for half a day; he hopped about on the floor for a while and then indicated a desire to reach a higher level; and of course, his feathers are still so badly damaged by long cage confinement that he can not fly. We put a chair in the room and he hopped about on the rounds very contentedly. March 1 It has been interesting to note the growth of Texas' ambition. For a day the rounds of the chair contented him; then he wanted to get onto the seat. He would stand in front of the chair, stoop as if to fly spread his stubby wings and make the attempt, only to fall far short. We then put a box in for an intervening step, and he quickly availed himself of it. For a while this accomplishment contented him, and them he aspired to the height of the table. So we made a tiny ladder to reach from the seat of the chair to the table, upon which we placed his cage; and he has been very happy, to be able come and go as he pleased. This slightly extended horizon had so enlarged his attainable world, in his flightless state, that it is rather pathetic to note (what shall I say?) a sort of "peace of mind"- begging Biology's pardon- in happy contrast with his tense instinct to fly and the inevitable failure of every effort. It was several days before he stayed out of his cage at night; and when he
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