hibits great facility of motion. Mr. M'Gillivray, 

 upon whose notes in the columns of the Edin- 

 burgh Literary Gazette, I have already largely 

 drawn, says, "Nothing can be more beautiful 

 than the majestic sweep of an eagle while passing 

 along the sides of the mountains in search of 

 prey ;" and both Audubon and Wilson, in their 

 American Ornithologies, have celebrated the 

 flight of many species of this beautiful family. 

 Speaking of the bald eagle, Wilson says, " its 

 flight is both noble and interesting. Sometimes 

 the human eye can just discover him, like a mi- 

 nute speck, moving in slow curvatures along the 

 face of the heavens, as if reconnoitring the earth 

 at that immense distance. Sometimes he glides 

 along in a direct horizontal line, at a vast height, 

 with expanded and unmoving wings, till he grad- 

 ually disappears in the distant blue ether. Seen 

 gliding in easy circles over the high shores and 

 mountainous cliffs that tower above the Hudson 

 and Susquehanna, he attracts the eye of the in- 

 telligent voyager, and adds great interest to the 

 scenery. At the great cataract of Niagara, there 

 rises from the gulf into which the Fall of the 

 Horse- Shoe descends, a stupendous column of 

 smoke or spray, reaching to the heavens, and 

 moving off in large black clouds, according to the 

 direction of the wind, forming a very striking 

 and majestic appearance. The eagles are here 

 seen sailing about, sometimes losing themselves 

 in this thick column, and again reappearing in 



