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but with his head raised and evidently still alive. As 
the two birds were only a foot or two apart, Lawrence 
hesitated about firing lest he might injure his rooster. 
He kept moving nearer under cover of the wall until he 
was close to the Hawk when he shot at its head, but missed. 
At the report, the Hawk rose and Lawrence fired again, 
wounding the bird so badly that it flew only about one 
hundred yards, dropping dead in our poultry-yard, as I 
have said^^Lawrence tells me that he shot a Goshawk 
seven years ago on one of the farms half a mile or so 
up the road, when it was chasing some hens. It was very 
fearless, paying no attention to him as he hurriedly 
approached it in an open field. The rooster seized by 
the bird which he killed last Saturday is not only still 
alive but apparently fast recovering from its injuries, 
I visited the spot where the Hawk caught it and found 
the ground thickly strewn with its feathers. It was a 
gray and white bird of the Plymouth Rock breed. 
