equanimity; and, as I observed more than once, 

 when an unusually venturesome dog rushed at 

 him, he never allowed himself to be driven from 

 his post. He remained quite still, and as the 

 dog almost touched him he suddenly opened his 

 enormous beak to its fullest extent. It was curious 

 and delightful to see how equally prompt the 

 canine would-be aggressor dissimulated by pre- 

 cipitately turning a little aside and assuming an 

 extraordinary interest in some stone or weed 

 close by, as if that were the sole object of his 

 rapid excursion. 



In the early morning the bird, after I had had 

 him a short time, always placed himself on the 

 steps at the house door waiting for me to come 

 out into the garden, around which he would then 

 follow me in his ungainly hops. If I passed out 

 of the door without taking any notice of him he 

 quickly followed and gently seized my trousers 

 or my fingers with his beak to remind me of his 

 presence. 



My second specimen was also a most affection- 

 ate pet. Like the first, he exhibited no desire to 

 go either out of the garden or into the house, and 



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