THE EAGLE. 123 



remember the beautiful passage of Sir Walter Scott, in 

 the Lady of the Lake, when 



Fitz James alone wore cap and plume, 



And Snowdown's knight was Scotland's king. 



These plumes, too, were also valued for another pur- 

 pose*, that of garnishing their arrows ; the feathers 

 of the Eagle never being injured by rain or water as 

 others are, but remaining always durable, firm, and in-- 

 corruptible. 



* See Lord Somers' Tracts, vol. iii. 



