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RAVEN. 119 



The Raven was the constant attendant of Lewis and Clark^s 

 party in their long and toilsome journey. During the winter, at 

 Fort Mandan, they were observed in immense numbers, notwith- 

 standing the cold was so excessive, that on the seventeenth of 

 December, 1804, the thermometer stood at 45 below 0. 



Like the Crow, this species may be easily domesticated, and 

 in that state would afford amusement by its familiarity, frolics and 

 sagacity. But such noisy and mischievous pets, in common with 

 Parrots and Monkeys, are not held in high estimation in this quar- 

 ter of the globe ; and are generally overlooked for those universal 

 favorites, which either gratify the eye by the neatness or brilliancy 

 of their plumage, or gladden the ear by the simplicity or variety 

 of their song. 



