Show Some Daring Eagles I Some years ago Sir Charles Mordaunt witnessed in Scotland a strange battle I between an eagle and a stag which completely dispels any theory that the ornithologist may put forward as to eagles not attacking large animals The bird singled out from n herd one particular par-ticular buck which it succeeded In driving driv-ing from the rest I struck the animal repeatedly with Its powerful wings knocked it down and finally killed IL Baron Schroeder witnessed a still more remarkable spectacle An eagle attacked at-tacked u fawn In the highlands The cries of the little one were answered by Its dam which sprang upon the eagle and struck it repeatedly with Its fore feet Fawn deer and eagle rolled headlong down a declivity and the bird was dislodged from Its hold and the fawn rescued But Sir Kenneth Mackenzie Mac-kenzie knows I more thrilling story than either of these for according to report an eagle was rent In twain during n battle in his forest of Galr loch Fixing Its talons In thc quarters of a roe the bird was dashed against a tree to n branch of which It endeavored en-deavored to hold to stay the night of its captive The bird wus halved in an instant in-stant Two eagles will stalk a covert In concert con-cert While one conceals Itself the other beats about the bushes with a great screaming driving out its kuary for the hidden eagle lo sweep down and make an end of I An even more Insidious In-sidious method hap been observed when an eagle detecting a sheep on the edge of a precipice few at it screaming shrilly and with forceful lical of wing hurled It into the vale below where it could devour it at its leisure There Is good reason for bc lloviniT after all the ancient legend aa LO the manner In which 13chylus the Greek poet met his death I is said that 1 1 eagle dropped C turtle on hltt hall head Algerian travelers are familiar fa-miliar with the sight of eagles carryIng carry-Ing turtles and tortoises to a height and dropping them upon rocks to break the creatures shells and render the flesh accessible Boston Transcript 4 |