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inches. The thkjcnefs of his thigh was little lefs than 4 

 inches ; it was^extremcly mufcular, and covered with 

 flefh. His middle claw was about 2 inches and a half long, 

 not very (harp at the point, but extremely ftrong. From 

 the root of the bill, to the point, was 3 inches and a quarter, 

 and one inch and three quarters in breadth at the root. A 

 forked brufh of flrong hair, divided at the point into two, 

 proceeded from the cavity of his lower jaw at the beginning 

 of his throat. He had the fmallefl eye I ever remember ta 

 have feea in a large bird, the aperture being fcarcely half 

 an inch. The crown of his head was bare or bald, fo was; 

 the front where the bill and fcull joined^ 



This noble bird was not an object of any chace or pur- 

 fuit, nor flood in need of any flratagem to bring him with- 

 in our reach. Upon the higheft top of the mountain La- 

 malmon, while my fervants were refrefhing themfelves 

 from that toilfome rugged afcent, and enjoying the pleafure' 

 of a moft delightful climate, eating their dinner in 

 the outer air with feveral large dimes of boiled goats 

 f! eih before them, this enemy, as he turned out to be to 

 them, appeared fuddenly ; he did not ftoop rapidly from 3 

 height, but came flying flowly along the ground, and fat 

 down clofe to the meat within the ring the men had made 

 round it. A great lhout, or rather cry of diftrefs, called me 

 to the place. I faw the eagle ftand for a minute as if to re- 

 collect himfelf, while the fervants ran for their lances and 

 fliields. I walked up as nearly to him as I had time to do. 

 His attention was fully fixed upon the flefh. I faw him 

 put his foot into the pan where was a large piece in water 

 prepared for boiling, but finding the fmart which he had 



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