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CHAPTER YI. 
EAGLE AND HAWK TRIBE.— -WILD EAGLE ; TAMED 
MUSCULAR POWERS OF CARRY OFF CHILDREN, 
LAMBS, ETC. SOMETIMES KILLED ON THE WING BY 
WEASELS. BATTLE BETWEEN CAT AND EAGLE. — 
HOW CAUGHT WHEN FISHING. VORACITY OF. 
NESTS. — SINGULAR MODE OF CAPTURING THEIR 
PREY. — BIRD OF WASHINGTON. — EAGLE TRAPS.— 
FEATHERS OF PRIZED. 
Table II. Order 1. — Rapacious Birds. 
EAGLES AND HAWKS. 
We have classed Eagles and Hawks together, for 
though not exactly similar in their form and hahits 
of life, there is still a great resemblance : they are 
for the most part wild, savage birds, and may be 
compared to the Lions, Tigers, and all that family 
of four-footed animals, preying upon others, and 
tearing them to pieces, for their food. 
The Eagle stands first and foremost amongst them, 
for though one or two of the Vulture tribe are a 
little larger, none can compare with the w r ell-named 
King of birds. Those who have only seen an Eagle in 
confinement, can form little idea of what he is, in 
his natural state, amongst the rocks and mountains, 
in which he takes up his abode — -a situation in wdiich 
we were once fortunate enough to be very near one of 
these noble birds. In climbing some high precipices 
in the volcanic district of Auvergne in France, near 
a great waterfall, wdiich dashed downwards with a 
thundering noise ; in the midst of the loud roar of 
waters, a short shrill cry met our ear, coming, as it 
