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my father and myfelf: I do not 
know whether it had any particular 
attachment to us. 
“© Eighhtly, In refpedt to its end, I 
anfwer this laft quere. Had it not 
been for a tame raven, I make no 
doubt but it would have been now 
living; who one day feeing it at 
the mouth of its hole, pulled it out, 
and although I refcued it, pulled 
out one eye, and hurt it fo, that 
notwith{tanding its living a twelve- 
** month it never enjoyed itfelf, and 
had a difficulty of taking its food, 
«© miffing the mark for want of its 
** eye: before that accident had all 
the appearance of perfect health,” 
What Mr. Pitfeld communicated to 
me ferves farther to evince the patient 
and pacific difpofition of this poor ani- 
mal. If I am thought to dwell too 
long on the fubject, let it be confider- 
ed, that thofe who have moft unpro- 
woked enemies, and feweft friends, 
clame the greateft pity, and warmeitt 
vindication. ‘This reptile has under- 
gone all forts of fcandal; one author 
makes it the companion of an atheift*; 
and Milton ** makes the devil itfelf 
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