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of his throat. He had the smallest eye I ever re- 
member to have seen in a large bird, the aperture 
being scarcely half an inch. The crown of the 
head was bare or bald, so was the front where the 
bill and skull joined. 
“ This noble bird was not an object of any chase 
or pursuit, nor stood in need of any stratagem to 
bring him within our reach. Upon the highest top 
of the mountain Lamalmon, while my servants 
were refreshing themselves from that toilsome rug- 
ged ascent, and enjoying the pleasure of a most de- 
lightful climate, eating their dinner in the outer 
air, with several large dishes of boiled goat’s flesh 
before them, this enemy, as he turned out to be to 
them, appeared suddenly ; he did not stoop rapidly 
from a height, but came flying slowly along the 
ground, and sat down close to the meat, within the 
ring the men had made round it. A great shout, 
or rather cry of distress, called me to the place ; I 
saw the eagle stand for a minute, as if to recollect 
himself, while the servants ran for their lances and 
shields. I walked up as near to him as I had time 
to do. His attention was fully fixed upon the flesh. 
I saw him pot his foot into the pan, where was a 
large piece in water, prepared for boiling ; but find- 
ing the smart which lie had not expected, he with- 
drew it, and forsook this piece which he held. 
u There were two large pieces, a leg and a shoul- 
der, lying upon a wooden platter ; into these he 
trussed both his claws, and carried them off; but 
I thought he looked wistfully at the large piece 
