BALD EAGLE. 
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^•iperior, man, are certainly detestable. As for the 
eehngs of the poor lish, they seem altogether out of 
‘"Question. 
'rhen driven, as he sometimes is, by the combined 
Uriijip and jierseverancu of the tish hawks from their 
®\ghbourhood, and forced to hunt for liiinself, he 
hp niore inland, in search of young pigs, of which 
y. 'le^troys great numbers. In the low'er parts of 
^ '*■(11100 and North Carolina, where theiubaldtants raise 
^ St herds of those animals, complaints of this kind are 
la*^^ ffeneiwl iigainst him. He also destroys young 
in the 4 -arly part of spring ; and n ill sonietimes 
j old sickly sheep, aiming furiously at their eyes. 
•corroboration of the remarks I have myself made 
re A® ®‘“>“ors of the bald eagle, many accunnts have 
, “oiled me from various pei-sons of respectability, living 
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or near our sea coast": The substance of all these I 
V ^'••^ravour to incorporate with the present account, 
th- ’^ohu L. (lardiuer, who resides on aii island ot 
^.*^0 thousand acres, about three miles from the eastern 
(j^'Jl^.of Long Island, from w hich it is separated by 
tu, . joor’s Bay, and who has con.sequently many oppor- 
observing the habits of these birds, has 
o^'^'jrod me with a nuinlter of interesting jtarticulars 
tOf, ** subject; for which 1 beg leave thus publicly 
^•‘huu my jjrjiteful acknowledgment, 
tljj ke bald eagles,” says this geutlem.ni, “remain on 
eaj|.|***kuid during the whole w inter. They can lie most 
discovered on evenings by their loud snoring 
tlmj ®, o^leep on high oak trees; and, when awake, 
I .. r keai'iiin. seems to be nearly as good as their sight, 
avi "k I mentioned to von, that I had myself seen one 
On 1? " ilk a lamb ten "days old, and whiidi it dropped 
Th* c ground from about ten or twelve feet high. 
l)reV'^*'‘"sgling of the lamb, more than its weight. 
“ud 
."'eiited 
being 
its carrying it away. My running, hallooing, 
very near, might |)reveut its completing its 
a "i kad broke the back in the act (,f seizing 
to’ I vvas under the necessity of killing it outright 
P*'bveiit its misery. The lamb’s dam seemed asto- 
