and the whole wild, splendid country was 

 the eagle's hunting ground. Wherever I 

 went I saw him, following the rivers for Cloud-lOinds 

 stranded trout and salmon, or floating high me Ca^te 

 in air where he could overlook two or three 

 wilderness lakes, with as many honest fish- 

 hawks catching their dinners. I had prom- 

 ised the curator of a museum that I would 

 get him an eagle that summer, and so took 

 to hunting the great bird diligently. But 

 hunting was of little use, except to teach 

 me many of his ways and habits; for he 

 seemed to have eyes and ears all over him ; 

 and whether I crept like a snake through 

 the woods, or floated like a wild duck in 

 my canoe over the water, he always saw or 

 heard me, and was off before I could get 

 within shooting distance. 



Then I tried to trap him. I placed two 

 large trout, with a steel trap between them, 

 at a shallow spot in the river that I could 

 watch from my camp on a bluff, half a mile 

 below. Next day Gillie, who was more eager 

 than I, set up a shout; and running out I 

 saw Old Whitehead standing in the shallows 



