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DAYS AND NIGHTS BY THE DESERT. 



the dogs, in my friend's eyes, was that they would 

 not come up when called, like respectable, well- 

 broken animals, and receive the whipping they justly 

 merited. In truth, I did not blame them for their 

 caution. Dogs are wonderful judges of physiognomy, 

 and Chummy's physiognomy told, as plain as lan- 

 guage could express, what they might expect if once 

 captured. 



RAVEN'S HEAD (Corvultur albicollis}. 



