CROWS TO THE RESCUE
Three crows and an Indian recently, solved a problem that had baffled engineers laying a cable in a wilderness in Quebec. The cable was to span a river 900 ft wide, but because of the swift current and treacherous rocks a boat could not be used to haul it over. First, a rocket gun, similar to those used by life-saving crews, was employed to shoot a line over, but the lino always fell short.
Then, a reward was offered to anyone with sufficient skill to throw a weight with a. lino attached across tlie stream, but this likewiso failed (sayß "Popular Mechanics"). While linesmen we're trying to think of some -other plan, the Indian, attracted by the reward offered, appeared with the three crows. He attached the line to a live-foot stick, then bound one foot of each crow to the stick with a cord, one- crow in the middle and the others at the ends. When the birds were .hitched, he released them, and they flew across the river with the line, the Indian bringing them to earth on the other side by a pull on the cord. The light ropethen was employed to pull tho cable over.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 29, 2 August 1930, Page 6
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203CROWS TO THE RESCUE Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 29, 2 August 1930, Page 6
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