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Extraordinary Feat. A London paper states
that Carrier Pigeon was lately seen at the Rail-
way terminus at Vauxhall, in ah exhausted state
it was caught by hand, but died shortly after
wards. A label was appended to one Of his legs,
addressed to his Grace, the Duke of Wellington,
which stated that three pigeons were thrown up
at the Island of Ichaboc, and bore date July,
l845 The distance is computed to be between
two thousand and three thousand miles from the
place where the pigeon appears to have been lib
Grated, TO its destination in London. The bird
with its appendage, was Immediately forwarded
to Apsley House, and the Duke of Wellington,
by an autograph note, the next day courteous:y
Acknowledged the receipt from the party who
sent the bird 1t has been stuffed, and in the p:O-
cess, it was discovered that the bird bad been shot,


otherwise, there can be no doubt that it would
have reached home