RAVEN. 
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This bird is said to attain to a great age ; and its plumage to 
be subject to change from the influence of years and of climate. 
It is found in Iceland and Greenland entirely white. 
The Raven was the constant attendant of Lewis and Clark’s 
party in their long and toilsome journey. During the winter, at 
Fort Mandan, they were observed in immense numbers, notwith- 
standing the cold was so excessive, that on the seventeenth of De- 
cember, 1804, the thermometer of Fahrenheit stood at 45 below 0. 
Like the Crow, this species may be easily domesticated, and 
in that state would afford amusement by its familiarity, frolics and 
sagacity. But such noisy and mischievous pets, in common with 
Parrots and Monkeys, are not held in high estimation in this quar- 
ter of the globe ; and are generally overlooked for those universal 
favourites, which either gratify the eye by the neatness or brilliancy 
of their plumage, or delight the ear by the simplicity or variety 
of their song. 
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