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he clutched some of the larger fish in his 

 talons, and rose swiftly and bore away west- 

 ward, all desire to kill him was gone. There Cloud-lOinds 

 were little Cloud-Wings, it seemed, which I ifii^^^Ie 

 must also find and watch. After that I 

 hunted him more diligently than before, but 

 without my gun. And a curious desire, 

 which I could not account for, took posses- 

 sion of me : to touch this untamed, untouched 

 creature of the clouds and mountains. 

 Next day I did it. There were 

 thick bushes growing along -one end 

 of the old lo 

 rested. Into 



tunnel with my hunting- i"^A^ 

 knife, arranging the tops in 

 such a way as to screen me 

 more effectively. 

 Then I put out my 

 bait, a good two 

 hours before the 

 time of Old White- 

 head's earliest 

 appearance, and 

 crawled into my den to wait. 



Dg on which the eagle J^^ 

 ) these I cut a , .r^' '. 



