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so hungry as at his first visit, or suspected something 

 from my appearance, I know not ; but he made a 

 short turn, and sat down about ten yards from me, 

 the pan of meat being 1 between me and him. As the 

 field was clear before me, and I did not know but 

 his next move might bring him opposite to some of 

 my people, so that he might actually get the rest of 

 the meat and make off, I shot him with the ball 

 through the middle of his body, about two inches 

 below the wing, so that he lay down upon the grass 

 without a single flutter." It is worthy of remark 

 that Bruce adds, " the feathers of the belly and 

 breast were of a gold colour*, 57 which might almost 



Lammer Geyer, Bearded Eagle, or Vulture, (Gypaetos barbatus). 



* Travels to the Sources of the Nile, App. p. 155. 



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