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heard of. When £ a set’ is made at a bank, every information isin the first place sought for by the burglars of the means ofsecurity adopted, and it has been ascertained that many weeksand even months have been occupied in this manner. Attemptsare made to tamper with the servants, and an acquaintance isformed, if possible, with some of the female domestics. If, uponinquiry, it is found that the means of security are so numerousand inviolable as to give no chance of success, the matter isquietly dropped ; but if any opportunity presents itself, no timeis deemed too long to wait for the proper moment when the bankmay be entered, the mis-named safe or strong room be opened,and a clean sweep made of all the convertible securities andmoney it may contain.’ This was exemplified in the bank-robbery at Glasgow some years since ; and when the DorchesterBank was robbed some years ago, the burglars were in the houseninety-two nights before they succeeded in opening all the locks,which they did by fitting false keys that would unlock andre-lock them.”