another place, with such ease and elegance of 

 motion, as renders the whole truly sublime, 



" High o'er the watery uproar, silent seen, 

 Sailing sedate in majesty serene, 

 Now 'midst the pillar'd spray sublimely lost, 

 And now, emerging, down the rapids tost, 

 Glides the bald eagle, gazing, calm and slow. 

 O'er all the horrors of the scene below ; 

 Intent alone to sate himself with blood, 

 From the torn victims of the raging flood," 



Where eagles. are so numerous as to commit 

 serious ravages among the young lambs, the fol- 

 lowing methods have been used for destroying 

 them : When the nest happens to be in a place, 

 situated in the direction of a perpendicular from 

 the edge of the cliff above, a bundle of dry heath 

 or grass, inclosing a burning peat, is let down 

 into it. In other cases, a person is lowered by 

 means of a rope, which is held above by four or 

 five men, and contrives to destroy the eggs or 

 young, taking a large stick with him, to beat off 

 or intimidate the old eagles. The latter, however, 

 generally keep at a respectful distance ; for, pow- 

 erful as they are, they possess little of the cou- 

 rage which has in all ages been attributed to 

 them ; being, in this respect, much inferior to the 

 domestic cock, the raven, the sea swallow and 

 numerous other birds. Sometimes eagles have 

 their nest in places accessible without a rope; 

 and instances have been known of persons fre- 

 quenting these nests for the purpose of carrying 

 off the prey which the eagles convey to their 

 young. 



