. Birds of the Bible . )aris()n : They are terrible and dreadful: Their judgment and dignitj proceed from themselves. Their horses also are swifter than leopards. And are more fierce than the evening wolves: And their horsemen bear themselves proudlj-, Yea, their horsemen come from far : They fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour. And make liii- nist on jii^ii, wiolc dob. Naturallvthe ca^le made her nest on llic lop-niONl base she coiildfind. Instinct told h( r to plact it out ot all dan<;-er, tor-•lie knew that in circling; over mountains, hills, valleys,and desert, starchin<!, for foo
. Birds of the Bible . )aris()n : They are terrible and dreadful: Their judgment and dignitj proceed from themselves. Their horses also are swifter than leopards. And are more fierce than the evening wolves: And their horsemen bear themselves proudlj-, Yea, their horsemen come from far : They fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour. And make liii- nist on jii^ii, wiolc dob. Naturallvthe ca^le made her nest on llic lop-niONl base she coiildfind. Instinct told h( r to plact it out ot all dan<;-er, tor-•lie knew that in circling; over mountains, hills, valleys,and desert, starchin<!, for food, shr ottt n would be absent. EAGLE NEST *Shc makctli her nest upon the tlw crdi^- of the rock and the stronghold. THE KAGLK 223 for long periods. So the rocky suniniit of Hernion, tenthousand feet liigh; ]Moab, Edoni, the lieights of Gilead,Hamath, the rocky lieights of Nazareth, Tabor, GilI)oa,and all the ranaes alono; the east bank of the Jordanwere her chosen nesting sites. There are times in good hunting country where theeagles build great nests in large trees, but Avith the un-counted heights of the Holy Land to offer foundations, Iimagine Bible writers saw nests only upon the highestj)eaks of their mountains. Big nests, four and five feetacross, founded on the rock. Availed with sticks and twigs,and coarsely lined, that the feet of the joung might growstrong like their elders by early in life gripping on some-thing hard. In these big nests from two to three eggswere placed. ]Most of our eagles deposit a dirty Avhiteegg, speckled and splashed Avith umber. Job does notsay Avhat color the eg
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