BALD EAGLE. 
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Tl'e celebrated Cataract of Niagara is a noted place of 
^csort for tlie bald eaijle, as Aveil on account of the iisli 
Pcocured there, as for the numerous carcasses of squirrels, 
bears, and various other animals, that, in their 
j ^*-'*npts to cross the river above the Falls, have been 
J'^^ged into the current, and precipitated down that 
^cnieiidous gpilf, where, amonaf the rocks that bound the 
-y^^l'ids below, they furnish a rich repast for the vulture, 
raven, and the bald eagle, the subject of the present 
Account, He has been long known to naturalists, being 
^onitaou to both continents, and occasionally met with 
"om a very high northern latitude, to the borders of 
he ton-id zone, but chietly in the vicinity of the sea, and 
phhg the shores and cliffs of our lakes and large rivers. 
hrtned by nature for braving- the severest cold j teediiig 
hlUally produce of the sea, and of the land ; 
•'hssessiuo- powers of tlight capable of outstripping even 
'he tempests themselves ; unawed by anv thing but man ; 
'rS from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking 
f head, at one glance, on an immeasurable expanse ot 
erests, fields, bikes, and ocean, deep below him, he 
^Pl'ears indifferent to the little localities of change ot 
hasons ; as, in a few minutes, he can pass from summer 
e winter, from the lower to the higher regions of the 
“tmosphere, the abode of eternal cold, and from thence 
h«sceiid, at will, to the torrid, or the arctic regions of 
he earth. He is, therefore, found at all seasons, in the 
lie inhabits ; bnt prefers such phu’cs as liave 
ijientioned above, from the great partiality he has 
procuring these, he displays, in a very singular 
^hUner, the gmiiiis and energy of his character which 
f ‘‘hfce, contmnplative, daring, and tyraiimcal ; attributes 
j.^ht e.verted hut on particular occa-sions^hut, ivheii put 
j - , l>hf 
t overpowering all opposition. Elevated on the 
dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a 
MxA ^ nmi) oi some 
y*!® view of the neighbouring shore and ocean, he 
calmly to contemplate the motions of the various 
fathered tribes tliat pursue their busy avocations below ; 
he snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air; the 
