108 FIFTEEN DAYS ON THE DANUBE. 
of prey passed leisurely over our steamer, but all unfortunately 
out of shot. 
To our very great delight we observed a “Stein”? Hagle 
sailing through the blue ether with a quiet and imposing 
flight. It was the only one we had seen; and a pair of 
Imperial Eagles, which soon followed it, were also the first of 
their species which we had met with on this journey. We 
were charmed at finding that we had at last got within the 
range of these eastern eagles, and their bright plumage 
glancing in the sun seemed like a brilliant promise of splendid 
sporting adventures. Later on Sea-Hagles repéatedly flew 
over us, both singly and in parties of three or four. Some of 
them were powerful old birds, with the pale yellowish 
plumage, and some young ones, one or two years old, in the 
dark immature dress. 
Though the Apatin “auen” would seem very rich in 
eagles to any one coming from the forests of Central Europe, 
one might really say that they are but sparsely peopled with 
raptorial birds in comparison with the Danubian districts of 
Slavonia. 
It was interesting to note that the eagles from the Slavonian 
mountains on the right bank were thronging to the low-lying 
Hungarian plains on the left, all taking exactly the same line; 
for they seem to have established their regular hunting- 
grounds in the woods and marshes of that district, while their 
dwellings were placed in the wild heights of the Fruska-Gora. 
The Captain had kept his word, for in a hour’s time a 
picturesquely situated village opened to our view, and on our 
asking if this was Cerevié, he replied in the affirmative. Some 
rather extensive “auen” run along the left bank of the river 
opposite the village, and before coming to the place itself one 
passes close to some large thickly wooded islands. On the right 
side are crumbling banks and abrupt walls of earth, and above 
them rises a chain of steep hills with bare rounded tops. 
