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the house, when a Jdtte-orn that is, a gigantic eagle 

 carried her off; and though search was made everywhere, 

 it was not until several weeks afterwards that the remains of 

 the poor creature were found high up on the fjalls. 



In the near vicinity of the spot where this catastrophe 

 happened, and about the same time, this very eagle, as it 

 was believed, made a stoop at a little boy near to the strand 

 of a lake ; but the father, who was in a boat close to the 

 shore, by forcibly striking the oars on the gunwale, was 

 fortunate enough to scare away the bird. 



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THE MAN AND THE EAGLE. 



In the province of Scania the royal bird was, on one 

 occasion, circumvented in a very singular manner. 



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