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to two isolated, lonely birds, gathered them under 

 our arms and took them back with us. At first, 

 on the Arcturus, they suffered severely from sea- 

 sickness, but when they recovered they ate freely 

 and lived for months in the Zoological Park in 

 New York, admired by a host of people whose only 

 acquaintance with an albatross heretofore had been 

 through the woes of the Ancient Mariner. 



