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THE RAVEN AND THE DOG. 
which, though the memory is impressed, the heart may remain 
altogether untouched and uninfluenced. 
Yery different from the character and disposition of the 
idle and heedless hoy, who killed this poor bird, was the 
conduct of a dog, (we do not now recollect whether it was the 
Raven’s chief friend, the otter-dog, or another,) hy whom its 
life had been a short time before preserved. By some acci- 
dent the Raven had fallen into a tub of water, and either 
weakened hy struggling, or unable to get out, owing to its 
feathers being soaked with water, it was nearly drowned. The 
dog, chained at a short distance, saw the poor bird’s danger, 
and dragging his heavy kennel towards it, reached his head 
over the side of the tub, and taking the drowning Raven up 
in his mouth, laid him gently on the ground, where he soon 
recovered, to die hy the hand of the hoy, who, though he 
might have known hy heart, had never learned to feel in his 
heart the golden precept, of “ doing to others as he would he 
done by.” 
Another instance of attachment, though originating in a 
quadruped, yet so closely connects itself with the subject- 
matter before us, that its insertion needs no apology. A cat 
having kittened between the tiles and roof of an out-house at 
Earley Court, in August, 1836, was a short time afterwards 
accidentally killed, and two out of three of her kittens were 
caught in a trap placed there for that purpose ; the third, 
however, remained in its hiding-place, eluding ail attempts 
to catch it, when, to prevent its being starved, (as it was too 
young to feed itself,) a sort of platform was fixed against the 
tiles, and food and milk placed within its reach. It so hap- 
pened that a brood of chickens was in the habit of attending 
the spot near the kitten’s quarters, who by degrees approached 
them, at first with great timidity, but at last, bolder grown, 
it ventured to lie down amongst them, while they were seeking 
their food, and following wherever they went. It was very 
amusing and curious to see the kitten soon, instead of following, 
leading its forces, consisting of (at least) twenty hens, 
chickens, &c., about the grounds, sometimes catching at their 
feet, as if going to bite them, and they pecking at the kitten 
