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Croof^&ys 



the woods beyond, watching our games with 

 shy, silent interest. Did they learn their 

 game from watching us at tag, and do they 

 know coram, and leave-stocks, and prisoners' 

 base, and bull-in-the-ring as well ? One 

 could easily believe their wise little black 

 heads to be capable of any imitation, espe- 

 cially if one had ever owned a tame crow, or 

 had followed the flock in the bright autumn 

 days, when food is plenty and every crow is 

 free from care as a schoolboy in vacation. 



