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OUR HOME BIRDS. 
smoke or spray that rises from the gulf into which 
the Horseshoe Fall descends; and these majestic 
birds sail about, sometimes losing themselves in 
the thick column, and then reappearing in another 
place, with an ease and elegance of motion that 
show an utter absence of all fear. 
‘ High o’er the watery uproar silent seen, 
Sailing sedate in majesty serene, 
Now midst the pillared spray sublimely lost, 
And now emerging, down the Rapids tossed, 
Glides the bald eagle, gazing calm and slow 
O’er all the horrors of the scene below.’ 
“ The sea-eagle is said to hunt at night as well as 
during the day, and besides fish it feeds on chickens, 
birds, hares, and other animals. It is also said to 
catch fish during the night, and that the noise of its 
plunging into the water is heard at a great distance. 
But it is more probable that the poor osprey does the 
plunging, while the sea-eagle profits by it ; for, like its 
relative of the white head, this bird is a freebooter 
and a pirate, and is usually fed by the industry of 
others. 
“ The eagle is especially a bird of the Bible, being 
frequently mentioned in the pages of Holy Writ, and 
as such should have a particular interest for us. The 
patriarch Job says: ‘Doth the eagle mount up at thy 
