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THE SOUTHERN WORLD, OCTOBER 1, 1882.
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■apply of water for household purposes is
obtained by hoisting it from a well outside,
by crank or pully, a heavy task for one who
is not strong.
Crossing the piazza is the kitchen, twelve
feet, by sixteen and joining at one end is
the dining-room, fourteen by eighteen feet.
Such a house as is thus portrayed, as com
fortable a Florida home as one need wish, will
cost in the near neighborhood of one thou
sand dollars.
A smaller and rougher, but very habita
ble dwelling, can be built for one half this
sura, however.
From the various data given in this and
The King of Birds.
Is the eagle king of birds? It is if an ex
tremely savage nature and great strength
can make it so. There are members of the
vulture family that are larger than the eagle,
but none that is as powerful in flight or fight
as it. The ancients classed the eagle among
the ignoble birds of prey, giving the title of
nobility to the falcon alone, because the lat
ter could be trained for use in sport. The
modern naturalist gives a better reason for
putting the falcon before the eagle.
Indeed, it is known now that the eagle can
be and is trained to hunt by the Tartars, and
creature that in many cases deserves only
the contempt due to the burly ruffian and
bully who, too lazy to work, uses his great
strength to steal from his weaker fellows.
The eagle is, in fact, idler, thief and tyrant.
There are many species of eagle, the larg
est of which is probably the Imperial eagle
of Europe. The bald eagle is the best known
in this country; not so much that it is the
most common as that it decorates most of
our coins and public documents, and is in
fact, the national emblem. The bald eagle
has occasionally been found in Europe. The
species depicted in the illustration is the
golden eagle. It is found in many parts of
been the victim of some “Oemsenjager's”
bullet, as there is no reason, from the nature
of the ground, why he could not have recov
ered his prey; and then, again, the agility of
the chamois would negative the supposition
that he had fallen from the mountain peak
and killed himself. But it must not be for
gotten that eagles will often attack the cha
mois, and put a whole herd to flight, and In
this attribute of the golden eagle must be
sought the solution of the picture. It is a
fact well known to Alpine tourists that the
eagle will often carry off the strong limbed
chamois, or a full grown goat or sheep weigh-
ing considerably over thirty pounds. 7 If the
our previons paper, it will now be compara
tively easy for our readers to answer the
question in each individual case of “what
will it cost” to make a home in Florida.
Tnx conditions of health are imperative.
1. Pure air.
2. Pure and nutritious food.
3. Proper exercise.
4. Undisturbed sleep.
6. Regularity.
6. Temperance in all things.
7. Pleasant and active mental, moral and
social conditions.
8. Right bodily positions.
8. Cleanliness. •
10, Sunlight.—ITtrald of Htallh.
it would, therefore, according to the ancient
rule, be entitled to first rank. The modern
naturalist, however, finds that proportion
ately the falcon is of stronger flight, greater
spread of wings, greater courage, and greater
intelligence. These facts would certainly
seem the best title to precedence.
The eagle is sucb a noble looking bird,
whether sailing in the air or degraded by
confinement in a cage, that fanciful natural
ists have decided that its looks are indicative
of its nature, and have accordingly credited
it with the possession of strength, generosity
and intelligence altogether at variance with
truth. Buffon, particularly, drew largely
upon his imagination in describing the eagle,
and the result was, that he fairly glorified a
the world, being found in the region of the
Rocky Mountains in America, and in various
parts of Europe, Asia and Africa.
It has been the subject of more stories than
any of its fellows; and while many of them
are true, many more, particularly those de
scriptive of its great courage, are really
the due of the Imperial eagle, for which it
is frequently mistaken. Its spread of wings
is variously given at seven, ten and twelve
feet. Seven feet has the support of the best
authority and is probably correct.
The engraving illustrates one of the best
known of the tales about the golden eagle.
It might very naturally be asked, How could
such a scene as this really occur? The dead
chamois, It would be urged, could not have
animal singled out as his prey is too heavy,
the eagle will swoop down upon it with re
sistless fury, and, by mere force of the con
cussion, will hurl it down the abyss at the
brink of which it happened to graze or feed.
“Several times,” says Mr. Grohman in his
interesting work on “TheTyrol and the Ty
rolese,” ” have I had occasion to watch a
golden eagle carrying off a young chamois or
roe. The great weight of his prey would
oblige him now and again to loosen his hold
upon it while circling at a terrible height
over ravine and peak. As it falls the eagle
will dart after it, and, catching it up in his
claws, allow himself to sink for twenty or
thirty feet by the mere impetuosity of his
flight.