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3|- hours — having to do the rest of the journey on 

 foot. Young Todd was to follow on, on his bicycle ; 

 unfortunately for him, poor fellow, one of his tyres 

 burst when some considerable distance out, so that 

 he had to make his way back to the hotel as best he 

 could. 



We got out to the cliffs where the eyrie was 

 about 2 p.m. — a very sheer cliff it was, too, with a 

 steep slope at its base. Profiting by my experience 

 gained over the first nest, I again placed myself on 

 the right instead of directly underneath. Peter on 

 this occasion did not make use of his gun, but 

 climbed on to a higher level than we were, and, 

 thus, was much nearer to the nest. When the keeper 

 and I were ready we gave a signal to flush her 

 off. Out she came ! — a high cross shot. Getting 

 well forward again, I bowled her over in the air 

 with my right barrel, much to my delight. She 

 dropped about i,ooo feet down the mountain side, 

 landing on a ledge of rock. The keeper never even 

 got a chance of a shot at her. She was a very fine 

 handsome bird, — as indeed both were for that 

 matter. 



We stopped an hour or more after this to try and 

 get the male, but all to no purpose, as he never 

 came near us. I did not get back till 1 1 p.m., and 

 I think Mr. and Mrs. McRae were beginning to 

 get rather anxious owing to the distance this eyrie 

 was away from the hotel. Had I not been successful 

 with my first attempt we should never have had time 

 to pursue the tactics we did with the first bird. 



