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which can be claimed for any pursuit which is 

 done as well as it can be, especially when the 

 difficulty of keeping these large carnivorous 

 birds in health is realized. He had two Sea- 

 eagles, which were loose about the grounds for 

 three months. They became almost too bold 

 and tame. Though they made their head- 

 quarters at the house where they were fed, 

 they made long flights up and down the river 

 and water meadows, fed on trout and other fish, 

 and took toll of the chickens at the farm, and 

 cats, wherever they found them. The chicken 

 yard was not far from their aviaries, outside 

 which they were fed. The cats they picked up 

 where they could. They even chased the 

 prize pussy belonging to a lady who lived near; 

 but this cat escaped. One of their oddest 

 feats was that of robbing a gentleman who 

 was fishing in the river near. He had just 

 landed a fine trout, and was extracting the fly 

 from its mouth, when something like a dark 

 cloud came over his head. It was one of the 

 eagles, which swooped down on him, seized 

 the trout, and flew off with the fish, the line, 

 and the top of the rod. He said it made him feel 

 nervous for the rest of the day. One of these 

 eagles flew fifteen miles off, to Salisbury where 

 it was shot. The other was caught and put in 



