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paft taking care of them my felf, there re- 

 maining but final] hopes of my Life. 



There are Thr-ee forts of Eagles^ the larg^ 

 eft 1 take to be that they call the Grey Eagle, 

 being much of the colour of our Kite or 

 Glead. 



The Second is the Paid Eagle, for the Bo^ 

 dy and part of the Keck being of a dark 

 brown, the upper part of the Neck and 

 Head is covered with a white fort of Down, 

 whex^eby it looks very bald, whence it is fo 

 named. 



The Third is the Black Eagle, reftmbling 

 moft the Englijh Eagle ; they build their Nefts 

 much after the manner that Dr. Willoughby 

 defcribes, and generally at the top of fome 

 tall old Tree, naked of Bows and nigh the 

 iliver lide, and the People fall the Tree ge-? 

 jierally when they tak? the young they are 

 moft frequently fitting on fome tall Tree by 

 the River fide, whence they may have 4 pro^ 

 ipeft up and down the River, as I fuppofe 

 to obferve the Fifhing Hauks •, for when they 

 fee the Fifhing Hauk has ftruck a Filh, im-^ 

 mediately they take Wing, and ^tis fome^ 

 times very pleafant to behold the Flight, 

 for when the Filbing Hauk perceives her fejf 

 purfued, fhe will fcreajn and make a terrible 

 jioife, till at length fhe lets fail the FiJfh 

 to make her own efcape, ^ which the Eagle 

 frequently catches before it reach the Earth 

 pr Water. Thefe Eagles kill yoiing Lambs, 

 pigs, &c. 



Ths Fifhing H^uk is an abfolute Species 

 of a Kingsirfifher, but foil as large, or larg- 

 er than ouf Jay, inucli of the Colour and 



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