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admired by customers and visitors ; 

 lavishly fed and abundantly petted 

 by its master. 



I suppose it was those weeks of 

 torture that broke its spirit. It is 

 gentle now to a degree ; and when- 

 ever Campbell the cabman comes 

 to see it which he does as often 

 as his business may take him to 

 Glasgow the bird turns to his call 

 as tamely as a pet canary. 



And yet it is pathetic to see it in 

 the fishmonger's shop, and sorrow- 

 ful any one who knows anything 

 about the nature of Eagles. Its 

 glorious eyes rest upon the ignoble 

 details of a dingy town, instead of 

 piercing the broad blue distances of 

 the mountains, lakes, and seas. 

 This bird, the very type of royal 

 strength and freedom, is a sort of 

 live advertisement to a tradesman's 



Thousands of years ago the 



