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of his friend the whole night, but in the 
morning, the bottom of the door Was found 
so pecked, that R&lph would, in another 
hour, have made his own entrance-port." 
The Raven may be called a general in- 
habitant of the Globe appearing to be 
equally common in the northern and 
southern regions of both hemispheres. 
Pied and white varieties of this species 
are sometimes found. 
The Natives of Greenland eat the flesh, 
and make a covering for themselves with 
the skins ot these birds, which they wear 
next their bodies.— The tail feathers are 
also held in very high estimation by seve- 
ral of the Indian Tribes, and considered 
as the noblest Plume which can decorate 
the heads of their Chiefs and Warriors. 
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