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unhoods and unchains his bird, and lets it fly. The eagle spreads 

 its wings, begins to circle, and rises in a spiral higher and higher, 



Fig. 71. Hunting the Wolf with the Golden Eagle. 



spies the hard-pressed fox, flies after him, descends obliquely upon 

 him with half -closed wings, and strikes its 'outspread talons into 

 its victim's body. The fox turns round in a fury, and attempts 

 to seize his foe with his sharp teeth; if he succeeds, the eagle is 



