THE DEAD ALIVE. 
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pectedly beholding the dead alive, that no one thought 
of making an attempt to prevent its escape. The 
tenaciousness of life which the vulture possesses, as 
this anecdote will show, is almost incredible ; and so 
great is its rapacity, that when engaged in devouring 
its prey, it will allow a person to approach and 
seize it, though this is at all times a dangerous expe- 
riment. 
