. Animal life in field and garden . its home, are torn to piecesin order to be fed to the ever-hungry eaglets. Is the eagle really strong enough, asked Emile,Ho carry off a lamb like that? I had heard it, butcouldnt believe it. Nothing is less open to doubt, his uncle as-sured him. It would carry you off if it found youalone in the mountains. I could defend myselfwith a stick. Possibly; but let metell you an incident, oneof many to be found in thepages of an author whoseword we may believe. Two little girls, onefive years old, the otherthree, were playing together when a medium-sizedeagle sudd
. Animal life in field and garden . its home, are torn to piecesin order to be fed to the ever-hungry eaglets. Is the eagle really strong enough, asked Emile,Ho carry off a lamb like that? I had heard it, butcouldnt believe it. Nothing is less open to doubt, his uncle as-sured him. It would carry you off if it found youalone in the mountains. I could defend myselfwith a stick. Possibly; but let metell you an incident, oneof many to be found in thepages of an author whoseword we may believe. Two little girls, onefive years old, the otherthree, were playing together when a medium-sizedeagle suddenly swooped down upon the elder anddespite her companions cries, and in the very faceof some workmen who came hurrying to the spot,snatched her up into the air. Two months later ashepherd found, on a rock half a league distant, thebody of the child half devoured and dried up. What do you think now of the eagle, the king ofbirds? I think its a brigand of the worst kind, af-firmed Jules. Would you like to see an eagle in the act of. Bald Eagle 1S4 ANIMAL LIFE IN FIELD AND GARDEN hunting, witness its fierce joy when it buries itshooked talons in the quivering flesh of its prey?Then listen to this fine passage from the pen of thatardent lover of birds, Audubon. The scene is laidfar from here, in America, and the eagle belongs toa different species from ours; but never mind, theways of these bandits are the same everywhere. To give you some idea of the nature of thisbird, permit me to place you on the Mississippi, onwhich you may float gently along, while approachingwinter brings millions of water-fowl on whistlingwings, from the countries of the north, to seek amilder climate in which to sojourn for a season. TheEagle is seen perched in an erect attitude, on thehighest summit of the tallest tree by the margin ofthe broad stream. His glistening but stern eye looksover the vast expanse. He listens attentively toeveiy sound that comes to his quick ear from afar,glancing now and then
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