The Irish sketch-book . Donovan. He made, however, a sort of shed by the side ofa mountain, composing it of sods and stones soartfully that no one could tell but that it was a partof the hill itself; and here, having speared or other-wise obtained a salmon, he fed their Highnesses forthe first day; trusting to Heaven for a meal whenthe salmon should be ended. The Princess ODonovan and her princely familysoon came to an end of the fish: and cried out forsomething more. 180 GLENGARIFF. So the faithful servitor, taking with him a ropeand his Uttle son Shamus, mounted up to the peakwhere the eagle
The Irish sketch-book . Donovan. He made, however, a sort of shed by the side ofa mountain, composing it of sods and stones soartfully that no one could tell but that it was a partof the hill itself; and here, having speared or other-wise obtained a salmon, he fed their Highnesses forthe first day; trusting to Heaven for a meal whenthe salmon should be ended. The Princess ODonovan and her princely familysoon came to an end of the fish: and cried out forsomething more. 180 GLENGARIFF. So the faithful servitor, taking with him a ropeand his Uttle son Shamus, mounted up to the peakwhere the eagles rested; and, from the spot to whichhe climbed, saw their nest and the young eaglets init, in a cleft below the precipice. Now, said he, Shamus my son, you musttake these thongs with you, and I will let you downby the rope (it was a straw-rope which he had madehimself, and though it might be considered a danger-ous thread to hang by in other countries, youllsee plenty of such contrivances in Ireland to thepresent day).. THE EAGLETS NEST. 181 I will let you down by therope^ and you must tie thethongs round the necks of the eaglets not so as to chokethem,but to prevent them from swallowing much. SoShamus went down, and did as his father bade him,and came up again when the eaglets were doctored. Presently the eagles came home; one bringing arabbit and the other a grouse. These they droppedinto the nest for the young ones; and soon afterwent away in quest of other adventures. Then Shamus went down into the eaglets nestagain, gutted the grouse and rabbit, and left thegarbage to the eaglets (as was their right), andbrought away the rest. And so the Princess andPrinces had game that night for their supper. Howlong they lived in this way, the Guide-book doesnot say : but let us trust that the Prince, if he didnot come to his own again, was at least restored tohis family, and decently mediatized: and, for mypart, I have very little doubt but that Shamus, thegallant young eagle robber,
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