A FISHING EAGLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 708, 10 December 1881, Page 3

A FISHING EAGLE.

When the Dukt? of Argyll was in Am rica In- had the rare good fortune to see an eagle, tike a salmon from th«* swift ' urrent of the Casupediac. The incident is so graphic an>t interesting that I will yive it here in the Duke's wo:ds : "About a thousand yards below our encampment, the river is 'ppe:Ted around a sudden bend, with <i v-ry sharp current. The eagle appeared coming up the stream around t'.is bend., and flying slowly about 30ft above the lovel of the water. Over the charpest parts of the current be hovered for a moment, and then dashed into the stream. With a good glass I saw him buried deeply into the iva'er holding his neek well above it- It was evident he had some difficulty in getting out of it again i few heavy and laborious flaps of his immense and powerful wings lifted him at lost but with empty talons. Very tired, i-pj.arently, he flew to an adjacent bank ot gravel, and sat there for some ininutrs to rest. But ' isco-mienanee and attitude w< re that of n Biasness, eager-] lies.", "Qf\ disappointment, He then rose ' and returned to exactly the saim point in the air and thence made n second plunge. It was beautiful to see his bearing ir. the stream, with t 1 e breaking agiitst his grea" brow n chest, and his arched neck keeping his fnowy h"ad dear of its turbulence, This time, the difhVn ty in ••merging wat much <:real'-r, |'or h's talons were faai in a very fine salmon W-th a strong effor:, however, his pinions again lifted him and his prey, whi'h ii seemed as much as he eoiild do to carry, to the same bank of gravel, win re the sirut-'gles of the fish were soon put an e; d to by the eagle's terrific clutches and his powerful j beak."—Sotibner's Monthly.