. Short sketches of the wild sports & natural history of the highlands. Hunting; Natural history. 42 WILD SPORTS OF THE HIGHLANDS chap, m struggling downwards, as he strove to cling to the projections of the rock—but in vain, as he came to no stop till he reached the bottorh, where we beheld him, after regaining his feet for a short time, sink gradually to the ground. It was impossible for us to reach the place where he lay dead without going so far round that the daylight would have failed us. I must own, notwithstandijig the reputed destructiveness of the eagle, that I looked with great
. Short sketches of the wild sports & natural history of the highlands. Hunting; Natural history. 42 WILD SPORTS OF THE HIGHLANDS chap, m struggling downwards, as he strove to cling to the projections of the rock—but in vain, as he came to no stop till he reached the bottorh, where we beheld him, after regaining his feet for a short time, sink gradually to the ground. It was impossible for us to reach the place where he lay dead without going so far round that the daylight would have failed us. I must own, notwithstandijig the reputed destructiveness of the eagle, that I looked with great regret at the dead body of the noble bird, and wished that I had not killed him, the more especially as I was obliged to leave him to rot uselessly in that inaccessible PTARMIGAN. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original St. John, Charles William George, 1809-1856. London, John Murray
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