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two hours and a half. The fact was confirmed by a letter 

 sent by post from the person at Bury St. Edmonds. 



A society of Pigeon-fanciers at Ghent give an annual prize 

 for the best Carrier Pigeon. In 1833 this prize was decided 

 on the 24th of June, when twenty-four birds were sent off 

 from Rouen, whither they had been conveyed from Ghent. 

 The distance in a direct line is about one hundred and fifty 

 miles. They were started at Rouen at fifty-five minutes 

 after nine o'' clock in the morning. The first which arrived at 

 Ghent had made the transit in an hour and a half ; sixteen 

 arrived in two hours and a half; three in the course of the 

 day, and four were lost. 



This power has, by an interchange of birds, been made 

 available both in war and in commerce. 



An employment more in character Avith so gentle a mes- 

 senger, is to be the bearer of communications between anxious 

 lovers. 



