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Gets from an ordinary chair to the table, and comes upon my lap 
by a little leap—the distance being about 7 inches—first crying, how- 
ever, as if aware of the danger and difficulty. 
If at any time it is out of the room a little way, and hears footsteps, 
ete., it runs back. 
Now goes from table to any chair that may be near it, and thence to 
the floor by a sort of scrambling descent. 
On dangling a string before it, the kitten at first Aisses, and then in 
a moment plays with it, catching it with her paws again and again. 
Goes to pan spontaneously. Always cries before answering nature’s 
calls, and paws the sand invariably afterwards, and sometimes before. 
40th day. Weight 14 lbs. Growing well. 
Tries to get on a low chair about a foot from the floor, on which 
there is a stool that almost covers the top. In this it fails. The kitten 
then goes to the book shelf near, and tries to reach the chair. The 
stretch is too long, and the result is the first and only fall I have ever 
seen her sustain. 
When sitting on my knee its mother calls for her. The kitten 
crouches as if to hide. Saw something akin to this lately, when she was 
sitting in a big chair, and the mother was seeking her. 
Runs into the hall, thence to the bedroom, and when scared out does 
not at once return to the study. 
To-day jumps from the table to the chair, 16 inches below the table, 
and about 12 inches out from it. 
Climbs up the cane back of a rocking-chair, and returns by the same 
method easily. 
Hearing seems to have reached its maximum acuteness, as a very 
slight sound arouses her, even when drowsing. 
41st day.—On entering the room this morning the kitten walks 
towards me, As I stand it mounts on hind legs and puts its fore paws 
against my leg. 
Is on the table when I am writing, and manifests much interest in 
the movement of my pen. 
After using the pan to-day, covers up the actual spot wet for the 
first time, though always paws somewhere. 
When I enter the room in the afternoon, the kitten gets down from 
a rocking-chair and comes to meet me. 
When sitting on my knee, three feet from the table, it manifests a 
desire to get on the table by looking towards it and erying. 
42nd day.—Has been out in a dark corner of the hall leading to the 
study, and in a bedroom also not far off. 
Climbs up my leg and thence to table three times in succession, 
though put down each time. 
Sits on the table watching the movements of my pen, or playing 
with various objects it finds about. 
