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Kashgar and Yarkand Rivers flow. It is capital sport, 

 and during the time I was in that country I was fortun- 

 ate in seeing some of it. The Eagle, on being released, 

 does not go off nearly so quickly as a hawk, but takes 

 some little time overtaking the quarry ; and in the mean- 

 while, if the quarry is a gazelle, the hunters must ride as 

 hard as their horses can go, as the Eagle, on overtaking it, 

 simply settles upon it and turns it over. If no one is 

 ready to come to the Eagle's assistance, the gazelle gets 

 free, while the Eagle sits still on the ground, refusing to 

 rise." 



Another Eagle which occasionally visits the British 

 Isles is the SPOTTED EAGLE. Its real home is the 

 swampy forests of Russia, Turkey, and Germany. It 

 builds its large flat nest of heaped up sticks usually on 

 some stout beech tree, sometimes in an oak or fir. It 

 feeds on frogs, snakes, insects, and occasionally carrion. 

 There are three kinds of Spotted Eagle. 



The IMPERIAL EAGLE is far more like the Golden 

 Eagle (a white patch on the shoulder feathers is the dis- 

 tinguishing mark) but it does not visit Britain. It is a 

 tree-builder, and loves the thick forests of Southern 

 Europe and Asia. 



BONELLI'S EAGLE is found in many countries of 

 Southern Europe and North Africa, but seems to be rare 

 in all — just a pair here and there. So to see one of these 

 birds is a thing to remember, and to have found and 

 reached its nest is something to remember for a lifetime. 

 For this Eagle is noted for choosing the most dangerous 

 and unapproachable places for nesting in — "places that 

 make one's flesh creep to look at," says the author of Wild 

 Spain. 



Mr. Lodge, when in Spain, was keenly anxious to sight 



