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oo apt to fly away with any glittering things 
they can find, as money, rings, or tea fpoons, 
‘ The Raven can fell to a very great diftance. 
He is fond-of carrion or dead carcafes; but if he 
cannot get them, he will feed on fruit, or infects, 
or almoft any thing that he finds. 
They generally build their nefts in trees, and 
lay five or fix eggs. Sometimes they build in old 
towers. They generally ufe the fame neft, 4 
repair it every year. 
They do not like that any other birds fhould 
Jive near them, and they even drive away their 
young, as foon as they can provide for themfelves. 
In three of the Hebrides (which are iflands on 
the weftern coaft of Scotland) there was a pair 
. of Ravens in each, and they had driven away all 
other birds from thofe iflands. 
Ravens are very cruel, for befides killing little 
birds, they frequently pick out the eyes of fheep 
and lambs when they find them fick or helplefs, 
_ Ravens live a long time, very frequently one 
hundred years. 
In Egypt Ravens are much regarded, becaufe 
(like the Vulture) they affift in devouring the car~ 
cafes, which, if fuffered to lie, would fmell very 
_ difagreeably. 
Though Ravens be black, yet in foie fituationg 
the black feems ous with a beautiful blue. 
When 
