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as the bed mutton. As the Indians of thefe parts 

 do not life our mudcets, they kill thenn with ar- 

 rows -, for thefe animals feed in the mountains, 

 and when they are wounded they cannot climb 

 fo eafily, and by that means the Indians catch 

 them. 



The hunters have likewife told me, that they 

 had found a large kind of eagle in thie woods, 

 of the fpecies called the royal eagle *. 



I think it my duty to mention to you the fm- 

 gular manner in which the Indians hunt and take 

 thefe birds, which the northern nations efteem 

 very much, becaufe they adorn their calumets 

 of peace with eagle's feathers, which, they call 

 feathers of valour. 



This kind of hunting is referved for the di- 

 verfioh of old warriors, as it requires no exercife. 

 The old man who intends to take eagles, firil of 

 all examines the places which are motl frequent- 

 ed by them ; after that, he brings flefh, the en- 

 trails of animals or dead fnakes to thofe fpots, 

 and faftens thefe baits to fome fixed wood. The 

 A a 3 firft 



* The royal eagle is ^tFalco Chryfaetos, Linn, or goUen ea- 

 ^/^, Penn. Br. Zool. fol.6i. tab. A. &:in8vo vol. i. p.121. F. 



