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fage : this cry, sounding like roolt, oorooh, oorook, 
S | be repeated at the pleasure of any person who 
'' ul <l whistle, or strike the car of the bird by any 
f /j er acute or unusual sound. The appearance of any 
doth is sure to awaken his anger, and induce him 
all , U!i b fearlessly on the disagreeable object, exerting 
bis power to injure or destroy it. 
lv connection with the peculiar character of this bird, 
„ e 111 ay advantageously quote the sentiments of the 
Franklin, who expressed a regret that the turkey 
' IJ uld not have been preferred to the bald eagle as an 
blem of the United States. Certainly this eagle is 
^tyrannical and pusillanimous bird, by no means an 
„. ) f. r °i>riate representative of a great and magnanimous 
[‘on, as was the eagle chosen by the Romans. 
% Others object to the bald eagle,” says Franklin, in 
■ of his letters, “ as looking too much like a dmdou, 
/‘Orkey. For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had 
h . been chosen as the representative of our country ; 
U. 1 * » bird of bad moral character; he does not get his 
n, lu 8 honestly; you may have seen him perched on 
Jb* dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he 
°bes the labour of the fishing hawk, and, when that 
W ent bird has at length taken a fisli, and is hearing it 
t], "'s nest for the support of his mate aud young ones, 
bald eagle pursues him, and takes it from him. 
u lt b a); injustice he is never in good case, but, like 
i s < ’ S6 Simon"' men who live by sharping aud robbing, he 
generally” poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is 
J** coward; the little kingbird, not bigger than a 
£ r, :°w, attacks him boldly, and drives him out of the 
i' tl-l ct. He is, therefore, by no means a proper emblem 
(, l be brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who 
Vp driven all the Kingbirds from our country, though 
Cah Ctly bt for that order of knights which the French 
<li }P ,le valiers d' Industrie. I am, on this account, not 
Phased that the figure is not known as a bald eagle, 
i^.bmks more like a turkey. For iu truth the turkey 
iv’in" comparison, a much more respectable bird, and 
th al a true original native of America. Eagles have 
