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of the Miraculous Draught. The crane, unlike the 

 stork, does not feed on fish; there is, therefore, the 

 less excuse for Dr. Bowdler Sharpe setting the second 

 precedent, by inserting in his Naturalist's Library 1 

 the figure of a crane devouring an eel, especially as 

 in the text he quotes Mr. Seebohm to the effect that 

 ' the crane is not known to eat fish.' 



1 British Birds, vol. iii. p. 113. 



