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ais retreat. In this way he captured as many as six im a
fore-noon.

The Raven Dr. Stanley tells the following story of a
and the Dog. Raven and a Dog: “A strong attachment
was once formed between a raven and a large otter-dog.
The raven had been taken when young, and reared in
a stable-yard, where the dog was kept chained up. A
friendship soon commenced, which, increasing from little to
more, in time ripened into a most extraordinary degree of
intimacy. At first the bird was satisfied with hopping about
in the vicinity of the kennel, and occasionally pecking a hasty
morsel from the dog’s feeding-pan when the latter had finished
his meal. Finding, however, no interruption on the part of
his friend, the raven soon became a constant attendant at
meal times, and, taking up his position on the edge of the
dish, acted the part of a regular guest and partaker of the
dog’s dinner, which consisted usually of meal and milk, with
occasional scraps of offal meat, a piece of which the bird
would often snatch up, almost from the very mouth of the
dog, and hasten beyond the reach of his chain, as if to
tantalise his four-footed friend; and then hopping towards
him, would play about, and hang it close to his nose; and
then as speedily, at the moment the dog was preparing to
snap it up, would dart off beyond the reach of the chain
At other times he would hide the piece of meat under a
‘stone, and then coming back, with a cunning look, would
perch upon the dog’s head. It was observed, however, that
he always ended his pranks by either sharing or giving up
the whole piece to his friend the dog. By some accident the
raven had fallen into a tub of water, and, either weakened
by struggling, or unable to get out owing to its feathers being
soaked with water, it was nearly drowned. The dog (whether
the same dog or another does not appear), 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,