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useful for destroying- verraiu, -would be as consolatory 
as to tell him who had just lost his house and furniture 
by the dames, that tires are excellent for destrovim* 
bugs. ^ ” 
The strong attacliment of the crows to this spot may 
be illustrated by the following circumstance : Some 
years ag(S a sudden and violent northeast stoi-m came 
on (liiriug the night, and the tide, rising to an uncommon 
height, inundated the whole island. The darkness of 
the night, the suddenness and violemre of the storm, 
and the incessant torrents of rain that fell, it is supposed, 
so intimidated the crows, that they did not attempt to 
escape, and almost all perished. Thousands of them 
were ne.xt day seen floating in the river ; and the wind, 
shilting to the northwest, drove their dead bodies to the 
Jersey side, where for miles they blackened the whole 
shore. 
This disaster, however, seems long ago to have been 
repaired; for they now congregate'on the Pea Patch 
in as immense ranltitudes as evei'.* 
So universal is the hatred to crows, that fe^v states 
either here or in Lurojie, have neglected to ofl’er rewards 
tor their destruction. In the United Sfartes, they have 
been rej)eatedly ranked in our laws with the wolves, 
the panthers, foxes, ami s(iuirrels, and a proijortionable 
premium oflered for their heads, to be paid by any 
justice of the peace to whom they are delivered. On 
* The following is e.vtracteil from the late number of a newspaper 
printed m that neighbourhood ; 
‘‘ The farmers of Ued Lion Hundred held a meeting at the 
village of St George’s, m the state of Delaware, on Monday the 
6th mst. to receive proposals of John Deputy, on a plan for banish- 
ing or destroying the crows. Mr Deputy’s plan, being heard and 
considered, was apjirnved, and a committee appointed to contract 
with Inni, and to procure the necessary funds to carry the sanio 
into ertect. iMi- Deputy proposes, that tin- five hundred' dollars he 
will engage to kill or banish the crows from their roost on the 
Pea Patch, and give security to return the money on failure. 
The sum ol five hundred dollars being thus reipiireil, the 
1 oiuinittee beg leav-c to address the larniers and others of Newcastle 
county and elsewhere on the subject. ” , 
