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THE SOUTHERN WORLD, OCTOBER 1, 1882. 7 ■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.