TWO RAVENS, ABROAD.

On the quay at Nimeguen, in the United Provinces, _two ravens_ are kept

at the public expense; they live in a roomy apartment, with a large

wooden cage before it, which serves them for a _balcony_. These birds

are feasted every day with the choicest fowls, with as much exactness as

if they were for a gentleman’s table. The privileges of the city were

granted originally upon the observance of this strange custom, which is

continued to this day.

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