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1 sent off a man accustomed to perambulate the forest, who, 

 returning two hours afterwards, informed me he had heard 

 it distinctly when three miles distant from the spot. To- 

 wards the approach of day the noise in some measure sub- 

 sided. Long before objects were distinguishable, the pigeons 

 began to move off in a direction quite different from that in 

 wliich they arrived the evening before, and by sunrise all that 

 were able to fly had disappeared. The bowlings of the 

 wolves now reached our ears, and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, 





---LUL. 



WW ^ .- /^w 



AS .^1% 







THE MOURNING-DOVE. 

 {Aflir BUihujicul SinTey.) 



bears, raccoons, opossums, and polecats were seen sneaking 

 olf, whilst eagles and hawks of different s])eci':s, accompanied 

 by a crowd of vultures, came to supplant llieiii and to enjoy 

 their share of the s})oil. 



•• it was then that the authors of all (his devastation began 

 their entry amongst the dead, tlie dying, and the mangled. 

 Tlie ])igeons were ])icke(l \i[) and ])ile(l in hea])S until each 

 had as many as he could possibly dispose of, when the hogs 

 were let loose to feed u})()n the remainder."' 



