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and flying round my head just as if nothing had 

 happened. I could hardly believe my eyes. It 

 was true, nevertheless : my experiment perfectly 

 succeeded : the young bird was safely reared : 

 the ravens have since brought up several families 

 in the same nest: and as this little episode in their 

 biography has served to increase the interest 

 taken in their welfare by those who have now 

 fortunately the disposition as well as the power 

 to protect them, I trust that they may long live 

 in peace and security, and that if any lover of 

 the picturesque or admirer of our native birds 

 should hereafter visit the tower hill during "tryst- 

 ing time," he may never find " the raven's clump" 

 untenanted. 



