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labouring people, who were occupied in ploughing and 

 ditching in the neighbouring fields. 



" Her hearing was very sharp, and she could readily 

 understand the difference between the housekeeper's call to 

 the poultry when about to feed them, from that intended for 

 herself; for when it was trana, trana, she would always, if 

 within hearing, hasten half-flying, half-running, to the spot 

 where the good things were about to be distributed. The 

 next year, when her wings were fully grown, and she was 

 enabled to go where she pleased, she would descend, even if 

 very high in the air, so soon as she heard the well-known 

 and welcome call. On alighting on the ground, however, 

 she could never stop herself at once, but with extended wings 

 would run for some twenty or thirty paces before coming 

 to a stand-still. 



" She was especially fond of small fish, but would not 

 take them freely if offered to her tail foremost ; but if 

 contrarywise, a dozen or two were always acceptable. Strange 

 to say, she was very partial to meat ; but, for the most part, 

 when a piece was given to her, she would first proceed to the 

 neighbouring lake, wash it several times in the water, and 

 subsequently roll it in the sand prior to swallowing it. 



" When three years old, and when in the habit of flying 

 seven or eight miles from home to certain morasses, and 

 of absenting herself for days together, she at length came 

 to an untimely end, having probably been killed by some 

 poacher or other, who either wanted her as a roast, or her 

 long and straight legs as shanks for tobacco-pipes." 



Again " A tame crane died not long ago at the parson- 

 age of Hofva, in Westgothland," so we are told by the Rev. 



