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resemble the island of Adony and certain parts of the Lower 
Austrian “ auen.” 
A narrow muddy path, which ran through high willow 
woods and low copses, Jed me at first to a forest-glade. Some 
small arms of the river wound about through the island, and 
there were still a few pools of water (the last vestiges of the 
spring inundations); but most of the channels and flooded 
places were provided with well-built boats, a plain proof that 
we were further north and nearer human habitations. 
This glade ran in a long unbroken stretch right through 
the island up to the so-called Bega Canal, on both sides of 
which rose high woods, chiefly consisting of willows and silver 
poplars, while a little nursery-garden, and the woodsmen who 
were at work in various places, showed that they are scien- 
tifically handled by the staff of foresters. 
We walked quickly across the glade in a slanting direction, 
and before entering the wood on our right the resident 
forester, a very skilful woodsman, who had formerly served 
many years on the Archducal estates in Silesia, begged me to 
leave Hodek’s climber and my jager behind ; so, accompanied 
by him alone, I went along a narrow footpath into the wood, 
which was covered with thick undergrowth, and in about ten 
minutes the forester announced that we were close to the 
eyrie of the Sea-Hagle. 
The huge nest was constructed of large branches and 
placed on a tall black poplar, which stood in the middle of a 
little open, only surrounded by willows. It was raining 
harder than ever, so that I was in hopes the eagle would 
be on the nest protecting its young ones from the wet. I 
therefore chose a good place where the branches were open, 
and posted myself ready to shoot. 
This eagle was so remarkably tame that neither repeated 
blows with the hunting-knife on the tree nor even loud 
shouts drove it from its retreat ; so the forester came back, 
