144 STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. 



one of us being saved; draw your knife in- 

 stantly, and cut away below !" was the cool and 

 intrepid order of the parent. "My son, exert 

 yourself, and you may yet escape, and live to 

 comfort your poor mother!" There was no 

 time for discussion or further hesitation. The 

 son looked up once more, but the edge of the 

 rock was cutting its way, and the rope was 

 nearly severed. The knife was drawn, the 

 rope was divided, and the father and brother 

 were launched into eternity ! 



A woman living on the sea-shore, in New 

 Jersey, happened to be weeding her garden, 

 and had set her child down to amuse himself, 

 while she was at work, when a sudden and 

 extraordinary rushing sound and a scream from 

 her child alarmed her. She started up, and 

 beheld her infant thrown down and dragged 

 some feet from the place where he had been 

 seated, while a large eagle was rising from the 

 ground, vnth. a piece of the child's frock in his 

 mouth. It seemed that the bird had seized the 

 child by his clothes, and as these gave way, he 

 lost his victim. 



A gentleman residing on the eastern end of 

 Long Island, says that he once saw an eagle rob 

 a hawk of the fish which it had just taken from 

 the water. The hawk, was so enrao^ed as to flv 



