NATURALISTS CABINET. 



An unwelcome intruder. 



ably small, the aperture being scarcely half an 

 inch. The crown of the head was bald, as was 

 also the front, where the bill and skull joined. 



" This noble bird," says Mr. Bruce, " was not 

 an object of any chase or pursuit, nor stood in 

 need of any stratagem to bring him within our 

 reach. Upon the highest top of the mountain 

 Lamalmon, while my servants were refreshing 

 themselves from that toilsome rugged ascent, 

 and enjoying the pleasure of a most delightful ' 

 climate, eating their dinner in the open air, with 

 several large dishes of boiled goat's flesh before 

 them, this enemy suddenly appeared: he did not 

 stoop rapidly from a height, but came flying 

 slowly along the ground, and sat down close to 

 the meat, within the ring the men had formed 

 round it, A great shout, or rather cry of dis- 

 tress, called me to the place. I saw the engle 

 stand for a minute, as if to recollect himself; 

 while the servants ran for their lances and shields. 

 I walked np as near to him as I had time to do. 

 His attention was fully fixed upon the flesh. I 

 saw him put his foot into the pan where there 

 was a large piece in water prepared for boiling; 

 but feeling the smart, which he had not expect- 

 ed, he withdrew it, and forsook the piece that 

 he held. 



" There were two large pieces, a leg and a 

 shoulder, lying upon a wooden platter: into 

 tliese he thrust both his claws, and carried them 

 off; but he still seemed to look wistfully at the 



