51 



CHAPTEE V. 



THE EAGLE, THE BUZZARD, AXD THE HEX 

 H.\ERIER. 



A PAIR of fishing eagles bred every year oil a 

 rock overhanging the sea at one extremity of 

 our shooting manor, and we never disturbed 

 them. One season the head keeper was 

 lowered by a rope, at some risk, and took the 

 eggs for the owner of the property. They 

 were three in number, very large and white. 

 The nest was made of a mass of sticks. They 

 never took lambs ; but white hares were very 

 scarce at that end of the ground, and we hardly 

 ever saw a grouse within four miles of their 

 nest. Possibly their mere presence passing 

 backwards and forwards so often may have 

 frightened them out of the country. 

 E 2 



