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did not appear very greatly reduced with all the 

 shooting, but so wild that anything like shots at 

 individual birds was quite exceptional now: " Stand 

 not on the order of your going, but go at once," 

 seemed to be their rule. 



is o particular event had occurred for a while, except 

 that a few days since Donald brought to the Lodge 

 an eagle which he had shot. He had been over the 

 evening previous at the north march to meet Peter 

 Doig on some business or other, when Peter told 

 him that a pair of eagles had been seen by the 

 shepherd passing regularly in the early mornings 

 by the head of Loch Na Seachin ; so Donald resolved 

 to try and get a shot, and he and the shepherd were on 

 the outlook at the place before daybreak next morning. 

 The shepherd was so posted on the side of the 

 hill that he could watch them coming and signal to 

 Donald, without being himself observed. As Donald 

 hoped, they did come, and he shot one of the eagles ; 

 the other, he said, did not seem to be touched, as, 

 on the fall of its mate, it merely swung slightly off 

 its course, and then continued its flight direct across 

 the hill. We did not quite approve of Donald's 

 slaying the royal bird, but it was done now, and, 

 being a fine specimen, we packed and sent him away 



