THE LOST HELR RESTORED. 161 j 



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just as if nothing liad happened. I could hardly j 



believe my eyes. It was true, nevertheless : my \ 



experiment. perfectly succeeded : the young bird i 



was safely reared : the ravens have since brought 

 up several families in the same nest : and as this i 



little episode in their biography has served to -I 



increase the interest taken in then* welfare by -i 



those who have now fortunately the disposition j 



as well as the power to protect them, I trust that ] 



they may long live in peace and security, and t 



that if any lover of the picturesque or admirer 

 of our native bkds should hereafter visit the 

 tower hill during " trysting time," he may never 

 find "the raven's clump" untenanted.* 



* Those who may feel an interest ui the subsequent 

 fate of the Petworth ravens will find the latest chapter 

 of their history in the " Quarterly Keview," No. CLXX, 

 Sept. 181:9, Art. V. 



