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thouglit I, in addition to the circumstance of missing 

 his mate, will not tend to make him less mistrustful. 



June 17 th. — This being Sunday I went with the 

 steward to Tiefenbach to church, two hours' walk 

 distant, so it was noon before I could think anjrthing 

 about my eagle. On our way back we saw him 

 wheeling aloft. In spite of the rain I climbed up to 

 my post, getting there by one o'clock, and remained 

 till evening. The eagle did not make his appearance 

 till late, when I was half way on my road home, and 

 then without alighting on the eyrie. 



June ISth, — Eain and fog to such a degree that it 

 was impossible to see an}7thing. Towards noon it grew 

 a little better, so at once I went to my post. The 

 eagle came at five o'clock, wheeled round a few times, 

 and then sailed away without returning; so that I 

 began to fear untiring patience, great cunning, and 

 much good luck besides would be necessary, in order 

 to obtain him, if indeed it were possible to do so at all. 



June I9th. — The weather being magnificent I went 

 away to my post at half-past one in the morning. 

 There was such a hoar frost that I was almost frozen, 

 and by the time it was six o'clock I did not think I 

 could bear it any longer; when, towards eight, the 

 arrival of the eagle gave me a little warmth. He 

 wheeled round for a while, then perched on the very 

 summit of the precipice^ about 200 yards off, on a dead 



