THE CROW 



call out, "Clark, Clark, Clark," and then 

 another crow would cry, " Bother-the-luck, 

 bother-the-luck." 



In the winter months the crows visit the 

 clam-flats for food. A sentinel is sent down 

 to the woods, overlooking the flats, and when 

 the tide goes out, this sentinel returns, and, 

 flying in a circle above the pines, calls out 

 " Caw-caw-caw," continuing the cry until he 

 has completed the circuit. 



This cry can be translated into " Come- 

 come-come," or, " Clams-clams-clams." Any- 

 how, the crows understand, and a sentinel flies 

 to a pine-tree just south of my cabin. An- 

 other drops into a Imrge oak-tree on the hill 

 looking to the east. Two more sentinels seek 

 trees for observation, one near the clam-flats. 

 The crow near the flats calls out " Caw-caw- 

 caw," which means " All is well." The next 

 sentinel takes up the call, and thus it is car- 

 ried to crows in the woods. The latter fly to 

 the sentinel-trees, if there is nothing to create 

 fear. If a man should approach either sen- 

 tinel with or without a gun, the danger-cry 

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