NATUKE AND WOODCRAFT. 



CHAPTER I. 



BIRDS OF PREY. 



Cumbria is not the primitive spot it once was. 

 As tourists have invaded it, the Eagles and 

 larger birds of prey have left their haunts. 

 The spots which knew the wild white cattle, 

 bears, wolves, and beavers, know them no 

 more ; and, by the working of a great natural 

 law, these have become extinct. But if the 

 invasions of a utilitarian age have rid us of 

 the Eagles, they occasionally pay us passing 

 visits in their majestic flights. Among birds 

 the raptors are as kings and princes among 

 men ; they hold sway over a wide area, and 

 suffer no intrusion — the raptors, with their 



