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away slowly, and soon stopped to look back, as they 

 could not go very fast over the frozen snow. 



We had a capital view of them through the glasses. 

 Two were old stags, one with a grand head, the other 

 three young ones. They are certainly very fine animals, 

 but want the stately carriage of the head of our Ked Deer. 



They walked away slowly, halting and looking back 

 every now and then, leaped the river, which ran between 

 high banks of frozen snow, and went away up the hill at 

 a leisurely pace. The old stag with the finest head and 

 horns was last, doubtless fat and lazy. The young stags 

 of two and three years old led the way. 



When they were out of sight we went on to the Fjeld 

 Orn's rock, where Lars saw the ' Eagles ' on the 12th, 

 about five miles from the bridge at Smedalsvand. We 

 soon saw the male bird, a magnificent Fjeld Orn, 

 extremely pale, almost white-looking below, with a 

 well-marked dark band on his tail and a dark spot 

 under each wing. At the distance, which was great, 

 the bird even then looked small to me for an Eagle, and 

 had a peculiar, something, about the light cast of its 

 plumage. On a nearer view being obtained this peculiar 

 light colour in both this bird and its mate was seen, and 

 the white tail with dark band across, and two dark mark- 

 ings on the under side of the wings. 



But here we have the Fjeld Orn, whose young, Lars 

 has taken over and over again, and received for them the 

 Government reward of half a dollar. It is shown to the 

 Lansman of the district, who cuts off its feet and then 

 gives a certificate to the person who produces them, and 

 who can then claim the reward. This reward is given 

 for the Fjeld Orn only in Christianstift,* and not in 

 Bergenstift, but the birds are just carried across from 

 the one stift to the other. And here was the bird in 



* Stift = County. 



