The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-24

moment 90 recover and secure new
footing and take ont q Ions sailor
sheath knife he was none to, soon. a.
again the eagle RUSHED 40 him turning
when % reached him and striking him
I with %. claws ana 40 the same time
wit4 hs long wing Having both hands
free The man watded or the wing blow
snatching at 30 ln an endcavcr 20 d.
able 90. thr oplV Result being several
feathers, while bee almost loot his balance
Tile oagls Was nov hit squarciy on tho
breast bA e uieCe If roek from the hand
" the other man iust as it was turning
which sent 10 tumbIinz downward bat 20
canEht itself and flew away over the
water
The man below nov eudoavorei 60 in
dugo hls couinuulon 90 come down hut
tne latter rcphed that he was going Co
reach the nest ID IL took all summer.
and holding the knife in hie teeth be-
moved ou, the other hunter p'lHg up
stones ana rock 81 convenient size as
ammunition ln case Of a RETURN % the
ctarge Tho pillar helms now more broken
thc climber made rapid headWay and iu
short time had reached within Eve
feet ~ M" top. where he had she same
experience An eagle seemed literally to
tumble out of The sky on to him kissing
nui screaming a feathsrcd fury bent ON
his destruction. At this point 90 che rock
part ~ the debris 81 the old nest had
rolled down and among o. was "a limb
~ "a tree which the climber grasped. as
the eagle struck az him be- trust g direct
D. ln Sc face and pushed 90 on. his posi-
tion heiny such that De could not strike
The biri merely feu away to rcgain itH
equilibrium. then tutued and plunged 40
him again with loui and discoplant crlcs
The man struck ut the bird with hts
knife holding the stick as "a guard. but
missed 90. AMI one Of tho claws fastened
into his clothes and heramc cutaugied
then suddenly De last hts balance and
fell against the nope. which broke. and
man and bird went plunging into the
sea The fact that the binds talon had
caught IN his clothing undoubtedly saved
the egg hunters life. ~ the bard a. soou
as o. struck thc water began 10 try %
ny. and actually helped the man out 81
the kelp lr-1 into which they had fallen
then by its strugglcs freeing itself al
lowing the man % swim To the rock
where ne was hauled up by MS
companion
Another eagle was nov wheeling about
the nest. and as % was evident that there
We're YOUNG in DO che idea of reaching u
WIS abandoned Upon INVESTIGATION 4
was found thnt the hoat was damagcl
beyond repa4rs and As the swim 70 the
place where they could climb the clii
was too LONG and dangerous The adven'
turers were Obliged % walt Tor boat
That night the sea rose. bat they crawlel
into crrvice on the leo side. where they
sat shiverlug with the cold. until morn
ing then finding themselves in q seeth
iug caIdron where release was impoasi
bile AZ low tide they caught hmpets and
sotue ahalones. blt the lack % watc'
began 60 tell on them that night. and
they determined a. make the attempt "a
swim around the point of the island A.
good fortune would have "a the SEA went
down later in the day and early foAow
ing morning they were rescued by a
passing boat. after a series 81 attempts
being hauled through the surf by lassoes
A number o. people have had cXpericncr
at the islands when rohblnE eagle. nests
mi IN almost every case the birds came
On victorious go their attempts 20 pro
tect their Young