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powerful enemy. By the former of these 
weapons it will penetrate the thickest glove, 
and adhere with determined vengeance even 
in the pangs of death, displaying at once 
the natural ferocity of the tribe to which it 
belongs, and the peculiar boldness and deter- 
mined fortitude of its own species. 
According to BufFon the Kestril is found 
through the whole extent of Europe, from 
Sweden to Italy and Spain. It occurs 
also in the more temperate parts of North 
America, 
