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liis retreat. In this way he captured as many as six in a 

 fore-noon. 

 The Baven Dr. Stanley tells the following story of a 

 and the Dog. Raven and a Dog: "A strong attachment 

 was once formed between a raven and a large otter-dog. 

 The raven had been taken when young, and reared in 

 a stable-yard, where the dog was kept chained up. A 

 friendship . soon commenced, which, increasing from little to 

 more, in time ripened into a most extraordinary degree of 

 intimacy. At first the bird was satisfied with hopping about 

 in the vicinity of the kennel, and occasionally pecking a hasty 

 morsel from the dog's feeding-pan when the latter had finished 

 his meal. Finding, however, no interruption on the part of 

 his friend, the raven soon became a constant attendant at 

 meal times, and, taking up his position on the edge of the 

 dish, acted the part of a regular guest and partaker of the 

 dog's dinner, which consisted usually of meal and milk, with 

 occasional scraps of offal meat, a piece of which the bird 

 would often snatch up, almost from the very mouth of the 

 dog, and hasten beyond the reach of his chain, as if to 

 tantalise his four-footed friend; and then hopping towards 

 him, would play about, and hang it close to his nose; and 

 then as speedily, at the moment the dog was preparing to 

 snap it up, would dart off beyond the reach of the chain. 

 At other times he would hide the piece of meat under a 

 stone, and then coming back, with a cunning look, would 

 perch upon the dog's head. It was observed, however, that 

 he always ended his pranks by either sharing or giving up 

 the whole piece to his friend the dog. By some accident the 

 raven had fallen into a tub of water, and, either weakened 

 by struggling, or unable to get out owing to its feathers being 

 soaked with water, it was nearly drowned. The dog (whether 

 the same dog or another does not appear), chained at a short 

 distance, saw the poor bird's danger, and dragging his heavy 

 kennel towards it, reached his head over the side of the tub, 



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