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30 evidently at feud with this as with all birds of prey, and buffet him as he flies along Without making much impression.

The mode adopted by the Wedge-tailed Eagle of capturing the Opossum is interesting;—he goes to a hollow tree in which it is probable his victim may be located, and with his talons, scrapes the bark, until the Opossum becoming alarmed, rushes out and is soon pounced upon by its crafty foe. The natives aware of this ruse, resort to a similar plan; they take a piece of rough wood, and scrape it over the surface of the tree, with precisely the same results.

But the sun is over the yard-arm, so we, like other of our fellow-workers and travellers, cry "spell-ho," until our next chapter.