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Show 00 EAGLE AND DOG IN BATTLE Scotch Game Keeper Had Exciting Experience With Great Bird Bo-fore Bo-fore It Was Vanquished. It is usually difficult to get into close contact with an eagle, but nVi Incident In-cident reported by the Westminster Oazetto Is to a different effect. Not long ago, It seems, when a keeper was proceeding through Glen Laragan, near Banavlo, to Inspect tho moor, hla attention was attracted by tho peculiar pecu-liar movements of a grouse. Passing him in close proximity and flying low, tho bird dropped between him and his dog, and the kcepor rightly right-ly judged that it had been pursued. Glancing behind, ho saw a fine specimen speci-men of the golden eagle, which, however, how-ever, on being observed, swept away through tho air across tho Shoangan valley. After marking tho spot where the grouso had fallen, FroHor proceeded on his journoy, returning through the same pass In about two hours' timo. As ho neared tho placo whero he had seen tho eagle, rain commoncod to fall, and whistling to his dog. Ftuser took sheltor Ho had not been sitting sit-ting long beforo he was considerably startlod by the swiBb of pinions coupled with an almost simultaneous sharp palu In his anklo. A glanco round showed that tho eagle and his dog were in combat, and in swooping, thc eagle bad seized upon Frascr'fl leg Just as tho dog and bird got to close quarters The tight was a llerco ono, but ultlmatoly victory' vic-tory' lay with tho dog. So llrruly had tho oaglo fixed his talons Into the keeper's anklo thnt tho bird's leg had to bo severed, Tho claws aro being retained as a memento o'f tho lncN dent. |