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panied with more gestures. Accurate descrip- 

 tion is impossible, words and actions were so 

 rapid, but my impression would doubtless not 

 have varied had the crow been more deliberate. 

 The most striking feature of it all, however, 

 was the dissent of the gathering on two occa- 

 sions, that was as plainly marked as the pre- 

 vious assent had been. The utterance was 

 wholly different and the accompanying gestures 

 likewise varied. The twisting and turning of 

 the head and neck was most pronounced, a 

 turning away, as it were, from the suggestion ; 

 and there was also a decided wing movement 

 I did not notice before, corresponding in some 

 measure to the hand and arm movement among 

 ourselves when excited to the point of being 

 demonstrative. 



I am not sure at what time of day the con- 

 gress opened its session, but it lasted for just 

 twelve minutes after I took up my position in 

 the spectators' gallery, if the tangle of briers 

 can be so called. Then occurred a break in 

 the proceedings, for one of the out-posted sen- 

 tinels was heard to call out, not unlike a turkey, 

 but the cry ending in a prolonged er-r-r-r. 



