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Afterward he was compelled to cut off the striking 

 eagle's leg and carry it so to town, where it was re- 

 moved, and for a long time he was laid off from work, 

 and under medical care. 



There are three classes of eagles which attack 

 sheep: the bald-headed, the large gray, and the 

 golden, or black. The latter is smaller than the 

 first two, stretching from wing tips about five feet, 

 while the two first so stretch to an extent of from 

 six to eight feet. 



The attack first referred to was by three golden 

 eagles together. The method of attack is to fly 

 over the retreating sheep, and from a height of about 

 thirty feet make a swoop down at the neck of the 

 sheep, and repeat such attacks until the sheep falls 

 over, when the eagle descends and makes quick work 

 in rending for his ravenous apetite. 



In this case of attack by the three eagles, their 

 attacks were not confined to a single sheep, so that 

 half a dozen were made victims, although the eagles 

 by being followed and shot at by the herder failed to 

 secure one for eating. One of the sheep which soon 

 died had a large piece of flesh and skin torn from its 

 neck down to the shoulder blade and its jugular vein 

 cut, and quickly bled to death. The eagles flew away, 

 upon being disturbed, to some neighboring trees, but 

 were too wary to allow approach for shooting. The 

 herder, however, being supplied with medicine pills, 

 i. e. str\'chnine, of potent power for eagles, dogs, and 

 coyotes — one half grain for the first, one grain for the 

 second, and two grains for the third — soon had a large 

 hare killed, which he cut up into numerous savory 

 portions, all liberally impregnated with destructive 



