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Scandinavian Adventures During a Residence of Upwards of Twenty Years; Representing Sporting Incidents, and Subjects of Natural History, and Devices for Entrapping Wild Animals. with Some Account of the Northern Fauna. in Two Volumes

Scandinavian Adventures During a Residence of Upwards of Twenty Years; Representing Sporting Incidents, and Subjects of Natural History, and Devices for Entrapping Wild Animals. with Some Account of the Northern Fauna. in Two Volumes


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1854 Excerpt: ... HIS FEROCITY. 225 over, these become nearly fledged, they tie their legs to the nest, that the supply to the larder may last the longer. Some curious notions were formerly entertained respecting the eagle. Amongst the rest, that when hares, &c. failed him, he would attack not only deer, but horses--more especially such as were old and worn out. "In this enterprise," says Pontoppidan, "he makes use of this stratagem: he soaks his wings in water, and then covers them with sand and gravel, with which he flies against the animal's face, and blinds him for a time; the pain of this sets him running about like a distracted creature, and frequently he tumbles down a rock, or some steep place, and breaks his neck; thus he becomes a prey to the eagle." Many stories are related in Scandinavia regarding the ferocity of the eagle, and of his carrying away children. The author quoted tells us that an instance of the kind occurred in 1737, in the parish of Norderhoug in Ringerige. A boy, aged two years, was, in a state of nudity, playing on the ground not far from his parents, who were occupied with agricultural labours, when in an instant one of these birds pounced down upon the infant, and before assistance could be rendered, bore it away to his eyrie. Only the autumn before the last, indeed, a little girl, five years old, but of diminutive stature for her years, met with the like fate at Lexviksstrand in Norway. The child had been left alone a short time by the mother, in a field near to the house, when a Jatte-dm--that is, a gigantic eagle--carried her off; and though search was made everywhere, it was not until several weeks afterwards that the remains of the poor creature were found high up on the fjalls. In the near vicinity of the spot where this catastrophe happe...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781151189660
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 144
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151189669
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 268 gr


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