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leaving instead the entrails of animals or 
other offal ; but as this could not be done so 
expeditiously as to prevent the young Eagles 
from devouring a part of what had been 
brought them, it followed that it was gene- 
rally mutilated ; in recompence however for 
this disadvantage it had a much finer flavour 
than any thing the markets could afford. He 
added, that when the young Eagle had ac- 
quired strength enough to fly, the shepherds 
fastened him to the eyry, in order that the 
parent birds might supply him so much the 
longer with food ; that three or four Eagles' 
nests were sufficient to furnish a splendid 
table throughout the year; and that, far 
from murmuring at the ravages of Eagles, he 
thought himself very happy in being situated 
in their neighbourhood, and reckoned every 
eyry as a kind of annual rent." 
Sonnini informs us, that " this bird pre- 
sents a phenomenon which is peculiar to it. 
When it swallows pieces of food, two drops 
of liquor issue from the apertures of the nos- 
trils, run along the top of the beak, unite 
themselves at the point, and then enter the 
mouth and mix with the aliments. This 
