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proceed to ferret about in it the moment the sweepers' 

 backs are turned. 



Crows are very partial to the crumbs that fall from 

 man's table. A camp fire alw^ays attracts a crow or 

 two, for to the corvine mind smoke spells food. 

 Every Hindu as he takes his al fresco meal forms the 

 centre of a little circle of these birds, for they are 

 well aware that when he has finished there will be 

 some leavings for them. Nor do they always wait 

 until the meal is ended. They thmk that " hope 

 deferred maketh the heart sick," so help themselves 

 whenever they are given half a chance. Hence a 

 native's dinner is often as exciting as it is fruoal. 



I have seen a crow quietly helping himself to 

 food which a native woman was foolish enough to 

 carry exposed in a basket on her head. The bird was 



