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Rh by as much in length, not including his great head and his tail, which was invisible. He looked gentle, and continually sucked his claws, and cleaned between them with his tongue. Small eyes and funny little ears. Perfectly bearish, with a strong wild beast scent; fed on Indian meal and water. Hind paws a foot long. Lying down with his feet up against the bars; often sitting up in the corner on his hind quarters.

Feb. 9, 1855. Snowed harder in the night, and blew considerably. I was so sure this storm would bring snowbirds that I went to the window at ten to look for them, and there they were. Also, a downy woodpecker (perhaps a hairy) flitted high across the street to an elm in front of the house, and commenced assiduously tapping, his head going like a hammer.

Feb. 9, 1858. Saw, at Simon Brown's, a sketch, apparently made with a pen, on which was written, &quot;Concord Jail, near Boston, America,&quot; and on a fresher piece of paper, on which the above was pasted, was written, &quot;The jail in which General Sir Arch$1d$ Campbell and  Wilson were confined when taken off Boston in America by a French Privateer.&quot; A letter on the back side from Mr. Lewis of Framingham to Mr. Brown stated that Mr. Lewis had received the sketch from a grandson of Wilson who drew it.—You are supposed to be in the