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tions. Its watchful cunning, sagacity, and thievish- 

 ness are well known. It is remarkable that the 

 individuals of the species which inhabit the wildest 

 and most remote regions of North America, far 



from the abodes of civilized man, should display 

 the same propensity for stealing and carrying off 

 pieces of metal and other shining bodies, totally 

 useless to it, as in Europe. Mr. Kendall, when 

 crossing the elevated lands that divide the; waters 

 that fall into Hudson's Bay from those that empty 

 themselves into the Polar Sea, observed a Raven 

 flying with something in its claws, pursued by a 

 number of clamorous companions. On firing, the 

 bird dropped the contested treasure, which proved 

 to be the lock of a chest. . 



