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happened. I could hardly believe my eyes. It 

 was true, nevertheless : my experiment perfectly 

 succeeded: the young bird was safely reared: 

 the ravens have since brought up several families 

 in the same nest : and as this little episode in their 

 biography has served to increase the interest 

 taken in their welfare by those who have now 

 fortunately the disposition as well as the power 

 to protect them, I trust that they may long live in 

 peace and security, arid that if any lover of the 

 picturesque or admirer of our native birds should 

 hereafter visit the tower hill during " trysting 

 time," he may never find "the raven's clump" 

 untenanted.* 



* Those who may feel an interest in the subsequent 

 fate of the Petworth ravens will find the latest chapter of 

 their history in the ' Quarterly Review/ No. CLXX. Sept. 

 1849, Art. v. 



