The' .black ravens of the Tower of London have become almost aa much a tradition aa the. richly-garbed beefeaters of tho ancient- fortress. The . yo<tmg raven which comes ever croslkibg to the Governor's door is a great pet. He ia named. "Edgar," after the officer who gavo him. to the Tower. His chief comrade of the black-plumed tribe is "Sandy," now a year old, and the whole winged company are now honoured by a ritual , observed by the Grenadier Guard* every morning at guard-mount-ing. Tho ravens assemble as punctually M the guard itself, and fly away each with a lion's egg in its beak, the soldi org' offering to tho birds who were onco regarded as of ill-omen by the prison era of tha Tower, but are now its -Jfttfc - - ---- V ;
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18229, 13 November 1924, Page 16
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