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him alone. One night the stable-door was shut by ac- 

 cident, and Rafe was thus deprived of his friend's com- 

 pany ; but in the morning the ostler found the door so 

 pecked away, that had it not been opened, the raven 

 would have made an entrance for himself in another hour. 

 Other acts of kindness shown by this bird to dogs in 

 general were mentioned ; but it was stated that he was 

 particularly attentive to maimed or wounded ones. 



