G Groken Feather 
moult is required to replace one of them. The Jap- 
anese have discovered the secret of this check, and 
are able by it to keep certain feathers in the tails 
of their cocks growing until they reach the enormous 
length of ten to twelve feet. 
My crow, it seems, lost his three feathers just after 
his annual moult; the three broken shafts he carries 
still in his wing, and must continue to carry, as 
the stars must continue their courses. These three 
feathers must round out their cycle to the annual 
moult. The universe of worlds and feathers is a uni- 
verse of law, of order, and of reason. 
