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THE GOLDEN EAGLE. 



but ever ready to sneak from danger. 

 Such is his nobility, about which men 

 have so raved. Suddenly he raises 

 his wings, for he has heard the whistle 

 of the shepherd in the corrie, and, 

 bending forward, he springs into the 

 air. Hardly do these vigorous flap- 

 pings serve at tirst to prevent his descent; but now, 

 curving upwards, he glides majestically along. As he 

 passes the corner of that buttressed and battlemented 

 crag, forth rush two ravens from their nest, croaking 

 fiercely. While one flies above him, the other steals 

 beneath, and they essay to strike him, but dare not, for 

 they have an instinctive knowledge of the power of his 



