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number of "unconsidered trifles" will be discovered there, 

 things that no one ever would have imagined were 

 possessed of any attraction for the bird : but a Raven is 

 possessed of a strong spirit of mischief, and no doubt 

 many of its felonious [acts are the outcome of sheer 

 devilry ; for of 

 course it does 

 not hide the 

 things with any 

 view to a future 

 meal, though it 

 will bury bones 

 and any portions 

 of food it is 

 unable to con- 

 sume upon the 

 spot. 



If it is desired 

 that a pair of 

 Ravens should 

 breed, a flat 

 basket should 

 be provided for 

 their use, and 

 may be fastened 

 towards the up- 

 per part of their 

 abode, or be 

 merely left upon 

 the ground. If 

 they have the run 

 of the garden, 

 they will be able 

 to pick up sti cks 



to line it to their liking ; but if, as must usually be the 

 case where the gardener takes any pride in his work, they 

 are confined to a run, they may be given the disintegrated 

 portions of a birch broom, and a little hay and some 

 feathers ; with the two last, they will line the nest they have 

 built themselves with the former in the basket, and there, 



THE RAVEN. 



