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the aviary. When loose the eagles roosted 

 mainly in the great plane tree near the river. 

 They would even threaten to attack small dogs, 

 and there is little doubt that had they had 

 the chance of pouncing on them quietly, 

 with no one near, they would have done so. 

 One motive for confining the survivor was 

 the fear that it might possibly attack small 

 children. 



Among other birds kept in these early days 

 was a Raven named " Jacob," this was among 

 the most intelligent of all the Mottisf ont pets, 

 He was passionately fond of his master, and 

 would sit on his shoulder "cooing" at him like 

 a pigeon, follow him wherever he went, and 

 was intensely jealous of any other animal he 

 liked. He hated any dog, or other bird he 

 petted. Among these was a kite, whose food 

 Jacob always stole. They were then given 

 separate meals on separate lawns, on either 

 side of the house. When Jacob found this out 

 he would bury his dinner quickly under some 

 leaves, and fly over to the kite and steal his 

 food. A long course of low diet reduced the 

 kite's strength, until he could not fly, when 

 Jacob saw his opportunity he seized the kite 

 by the scruff of the neck, dragged him to the 

 river side and drowned him. Jacob kept a 



