Silverspot 



took with me a gun, and at once he cried out, 

 ' Great danger — a gun' His lieutenant re- 

 No. 4. 



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cacacaca Caw 



peated the cry, and every crow in the troop 

 began to tower and scatter from the rest, till 

 they were far above gun shot, and so passed 

 safely over, coming down again to the shelter 

 of the valley when well beyond reach. An- 

 other time, as the long, straggling troop came 

 down the valley, a red-tailed hawk alighted on 

 a tree close by their intended route. The 

 leader cried out, ' Hawk, hawk,' 1 and stayed 



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Caw Caw 



his flight, as did each crow on nearing him, 

 until all were massed in a solid body. Then, 

 no longer fearing the hawk, they passed on. 

 But a quarter of a mile farther on a man with 

 a gun appeared below, and the cry, ' Great 



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