WILD LIFE ON THE WING 
hungry that he could not forbear a second 
morsel. There was no doubt the taint of 
men lay upon it. Fionog-liat flew to the head 
of the crag and cried to his followers to bid 
them beware ; but he spoke to deaf ears, for 
they were too busy stripping the bones of what 
little meat remained on them to listen to his 
warning. " Fools fools ! " cried Fionog-liat, 
and soared out over the Gap to tempt them to 
follow him to a safer repast ; but they only 
squabbled together, and snatched tit-bits from 
each other's bills until there was scarcely any- 
thing left. If Fionog-liat had been younger 
and less wise, he would not have been able to 
resist the hunger pain ; as it was, his long 
experience had taught him that above all Man 
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