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very destructive to new sown maize, &c. 
so much so that the inhabitants of Pennsyl- 
vania and New Jersy allowed a reward of 
three or four pence a head for destroying 
them. This law was very soon repealed 
on account of the expence which it 
brought upon the treasury. In Sweden 
the Carrion Crow is so rare, that Linnaeus 
speaks of only a solitary instance of its 
having been killed in that Country. 
The following are singular modes said 
to be adopted in some countries for catch- 
ing these birds, but of the value and merits 
of which the reader may best judge for 
himself. -r-A Crow is fastened alive on its 
back firmly to the ground by means of a 
brace on each side, at the origin of the 
wings. In this painful position the bird 
struggles and screams; the rest of its spe- 
cies within hearing flock to its cries, with 
the intention probably, of affording relief. 
But the prisoner, grasping at every thing 
within reach to extricate himself from his 
unpleasant situation, seizes with his beak 
and claws, which are left at liberty, all that 
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