TO THE DUCHESS OF BEDFORD GREY CROWS 197 



Tenrecs from Madagascar that alone are worth 

 coming to see. . , .' 



o 



To the Duchess of Bedford. 



Lilford: December 31, 1896, 



'No bird of the genus Corvus with which 

 I was ever acquainted could justly be called 

 " well behaved " from the standpoint of equity 

 or morality, but most of them are amusing 

 villains, and there is considerable variety in 

 the style of their delinquency. I have suffered 

 many things at the beak and claws of a 

 tame Rook, but for deep depravity without a 

 redeeming point give me the Grey or Hooded 

 Crow. But I have trespassed too long upon 

 your grace, in every sense of the word.' 



To the same. 



' LUford : January 6, 1896. 



' How will it be if you carry out your 

 gracious intention of sending me two photo- 

 graphs of yourself, and I find them both really 

 like you and keep the two ? Possession is nine 

 points of the law, so you see what you may 



