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gladly accepted,and Mr. Joseph Palmer was despatched to North Platte, Nebraska,to take charge of the animals, and bring them safely to Washington. This difficult task was acomplished with gratifying success and economy,and the two highly prized specimens reached the Institution in fine condition on May 10. In anticipation of their wants ^[[,]] and to provide good accommodations for the four deer then in the collection,a small barn with several yards around it had been constructed on the south end of the ellipse lying in the angle between the Smithsonian and the National Museum buildings. While th^[[is]] structure is by no means conspicuous or unpleasing ^[[in]] design,the building and [[strikethrough]] connecting [[/strikethrough]] yards attached afford ample and highly satisfactory accommodations,not only for the buffaloes and deer alread occupying them,but they can also receive a very considerable number of each in addition without being crowded.The barn affords dry quarters for the animals during rainy weather, [[strikethrough]] cove [[/strikethrough]] ^[[cool]] shade during hot weather,a suitable outfit for feeding, and also storage room for feed.
On May 12th. the chief taxidermist was appointed ^[[C]]urator of ^[[the Department of]] ^[[L]]iving ^[[A]]nimals.  

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Reviewed. Replaced [[handwritten]] with instructed preferred markup ^[[text]]. -@siobhanleachman