THE GOLDEN EAGLE. 
589 
The shooting and trapping of the Golden Eagle is 
effected with difficulty. It is very rarely that one can 
ever get within ordinary gun-shot range of these birds, 
and then only by chance. The rifle is the weapon 
generally used for the purpose; and I can say, from 
personal experience, that scarcely any sport can be 
found so exciting and attractive, as the pursuit of the 
Eagle, and I can easily comprehend why the hunters 
of the village of Eblingen, on the Brienzer Lake, are 
so passionately fond of this sport. According to Tschudi, 
there is a spot amongst the "wild mountains, in the 
neighbourhood of this village, which is noted as being 
a place of assembly for Eagles, in fact a favourite 
locale , which these birds frequent, and to which they 
always return, coming even from the centre of Yalais 
and the glacier valleys of the Jungfrau. There they 
select isolated and inaccessible peaks on the sunny side, 
whence they can command the extensive valley of the 
lakes: there is one of these pinnacles to which they 
are especially partial, and where they are often seen; 
they are, however, rarely shot there, for the foxes, as a 
rule, eat up the bait. The hunters of Eblingen have 
been distinguished in the surrounding country, from 
time immemorial, by their love and knowledge of sport ; 
and they take good care that the Eagles are never in 
want of food, keeping, as they do, a good table for them, 
they are well acquainted with the means of luring their 
game. In the summer, even, they will hang pieces of 
horse-flesh high up in some prominent beech-tree, though 
at this season of the year, when game is plentiful, Eagles 
rarely touch the bait: nevertheless, the birds bear in 
mind where food has been seen, and know where to come 
when it is scarce. 
4 c 
