3<D About the Feathered Folk. 



ancients chose the Eagle as their 

 emblem of swiftness and of forti- 

 tude. Those ancient poets, Job, 

 King David, and Isaiah, wrote of 

 it. Cyrus the Persian bore its effigy 

 on a spear-head as a standard. The 

 Romans carried it, modelled in 

 silver and in gold, at the head of 

 their victorious legions over the 

 known world. To this day men 

 regard it with an almost superstitious 

 feeling. 



And those who have seen it 

 soaring on the wind, or perched 

 like a monarch on some granite 

 crag, never forget the grandeur of 

 the sight. Perhaps a lion stalking 

 the desert is the only other wild 

 creature about which such romance 

 and reverence linger. 



They tell me that here in Scotland 

 Eagles are to be " protected " that 

 is, that gamekeepers will no longer 

 shoot every one that they can get 

 near. People are at last finding out 



