tack a hen j but rare indeed is such boldness 

 nowadays. 



There were by this time fully a hundred buz- 

 zards about me, some coming, some going, some 

 sitting moody and disgusted, while others picked 

 hungrily among the bones. They had no suspi- 

 cion of my presence, but I had grown tired of 

 them, and springing suddenly from the leaves, 

 I stood in their midst. There was consternation 

 and hissing for an instant, then a violent flapping 

 of wings, and away they flew in every direction. 

 Their heavy bodies were quickly swung above 

 the trees, and soon they were all sailing away 

 beyond the reach of straining eyes. Presently 

 one came over far up in the blue, floating with- 

 out effort among the clouds, now wheeling in 

 great circles, now swinging through immense 

 arcs, sailing with stately grandeur on motionless 

 wings in flight that was sublime. 



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