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where the three Sea-eagles live. The whole 

 place seemed alive with wings, beaks and 

 talons, and yet never an inch did Dan move 

 to avoid them. He was once chaffed by one 

 of his cousins, who is a good man across 

 country, about not caring for a mount to 

 hounds ; but the tables were turned when the 

 said cousin was taken into the aviary, and made 

 himself very small in a corner imploring to be 

 let out again from " those horrid birds." Dan 

 had no idea of a horse except as a means of 

 locomotion. He would leave the reins on the 

 animal's neck and let it go it's own pace. 

 Once he was minded to go out with the New 

 Forest Hounds on his sister's horse, rather a 

 hot little thoroughbred. What they said of 

 him and to him had better not be recorded ; but 

 as he described his day, '* Oh yes, it was 

 splendid. I rode in front of everyone, hounds 

 and fox included. Splendid exercise ! I feel 

 quite stiff, and Astor too seems to have had 

 quite enough of it." — When these eagles were 

 loose in the poultry yard, they were caught by 

 throwing sacks over them whilst feeding on 

 some luckless hen. The illustration gives 

 some idea of the head of the Sea-eagle, 

 but does not indicate by any contrast her 

 extraordinary size. Her wings are over 



