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leg, it fears to leap, but walks up higher, where there it 

 finds a natural bridge. 



The kitten is put on the window ledge where there 

 is some milk. It soon wishes to get down, hesitates, 

 cries, looks to mother apparently for aid, walks along 

 the whole ledge, in doing which, as the window is open, 

 it must pass over a surface only 1J inches wide. At 

 last I hold a journal a little way from the ledge upon 

 which the kitten steps and is lowered by me to the 

 floor. 



Sucks mother now practically only at night, though 

 up to the present it has eaten no solid food. 



39th day. When lapping milk the old difficulty is 

 noticed to-day and occasionally still. 



Climbs on my lap, and thence upon the table by 

 which I sit, making use of the table-cloth as a means of 

 ascent. 



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, however, as if aware of the 

 danger and difficulty. 



If at any time it is out of the room a little way, and 

 hears footsteps, etc., 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 

 hisses, 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. 



4:Qth day. Weight 1 Ibs. 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 



