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could not get up, he pushed against it on 

 one side with all his might with his paws, 

 and then with his shoulder, and this pressure 

 was just enough to enable the sheep to roll 

 on to its side, and so to rise. 



An eagle seen on the moors could not be 

 approached, but a dead lamb was put under 

 a wall, and when the eagle came down to 

 the carcase the gunner crept up the other 

 side of the wall, and so shot the bird. 

 Hooded crows are also found, and take the 

 eggs of game. Owls are very numerous in 

 the covers. Wood-owls, or brown-owls, as 

 they are indifferently called, are considered 

 by the keepers destructive to game, especi- 

 ally to young rabbits. Rabbit's "flex" is 

 always found in a wood-owl's nest " flex " 

 is the local equivalent of fleece, or fur 

 and the bodies of young rabbits have been 

 found in the nest, which is in a hollow 

 tree. They will take a leveret. 



