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is tlie moment to witness the Eagle's powers 



he glides 



through the air like a falling star, and comes upon the 

 timorous quarry, w^hich, in an agony of despair, seeks by 

 various nianreuvres to elude the grasp of his cruel talons. 

 It mounts, it doubles, and willingly would plunge into 

 the stream, were it not prevented by the Eagle, which. 



Fig. 16. — the sea-eagle. 

 {Ilalidetug Alhicilla.) 



long possessed of the knowledge that by such a stratagem 

 the Swan might escape him, forces it to remain in the 

 air by attempting to strike it with his talons from 

 beneath. The poor Swan has now become much ex- 

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