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cliff was quite perpendicular, and, I should judge, about 

 one hundred and fifty feet high, and the nest was situ- 

 ated at a height of about sixty feet from the ground. 

 I first twisted the three hundred feet of half-inch cord 

 into a strong rope of less than half that length, and 

 also made a light but strong rope ladder out of the 

 ropes from the pack saddles. I then sent four men to 

 the top of the cliff with the long rope, which they let 

 over the precipice directly over the eagle's nest 

 The rope ladder was then attached to the end of it, 

 and drawn right over the opening where the nest was 

 situated, and this was held in its place by another rope 

 tied to a tree at the bottom of the cliff. Whilst we 

 were adjusting the rope ladder, one of the Turks who 

 had come up with the pack ponies asked Dr. Car- 

 puzza why I had taken the trouble to make the rope 

 ladder, and said the rope alone was all he himself 

 would require to enable him to take the eagle's eggs. 

 On this being interpreted to me, I said to the man, 

 " Very well, then, you may go up and take them for 

 me, as you will now be able to go up by the ladder 

 like a king." He at once kicked off his shoes, and 

 commenced to climb up the rock with the help of the 

 rope to the ladder. But when he reached it he did 

 not like the way in which it gave to his weight, owing 

 to the stretching of the long rope, and so came down 

 again, looking very sheepish and crestfallen. 



There was now really no difficulty in getting up 

 to the nest, and no danger, as long as the rope held, 



