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who had upon his breast and back a blue pow- 
der in full as great quantity as that of the eagle.” 
Mr. Collins, in his account of New South Wales, 
mentions a bird which was taken near Broken Bay, 
of a species never seen before in that country ; it 
was a large eagle, which showed his strength by 
driving his talons through a man’s foot, while lying 
in the bottom of the boat with his legs tied to- 
gether. He stood above three feet in height ; and 
during the ten days he was a prisoner was remark- 
able for refusing to be fed by any but one particular 
person. Among the natives he was an object of 
wonder and fear ; and our author assures us, that 
they could never be prevailed upon to go near him. 
They asserted that he would carry off a middling- 
sized kanguroo. He had been intended to be sent 
to England ; but one morning was found to have 
divided the strands of the rope with which he was 
fastened, and escaped. 
The figure of the golden eagle, which accom- 
panies this account, was drawn from a remarkable 
fine specimen in the Leverian museum. The loss 
to the world of that noble and extensive collec- 
tion must for ever be severely felt by all those who, 
like ourselves, have had occasion to make use of 
its treasures. 
