Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1915 — Eagle Taken by Fishermen. [ARTICLE]

Eagle Taken by Fishermen.

While herring fishing about fifteen miles from Filey, Yorkshire, England, a few days ago, the crew of one of the -boats observed a large bird approach* ing, which, after hovering a short time, alighted upon the masthead. Ono pf the lads on board, immediately commenced climbing the mast, thinking to secure a prize, but on the lad approaching it took wing. He had not descended far, however, before the bird returned to its previous position, apparently much exhausted. The lad again sprang up the mast, and on reaching the top attempted to grasp the bird, but his majesty was not to be taken without a struggle, for he stuck his talons deep into the boy’s hand, making the blood flow most freely. The boy, clinging tightly to the mast with his legs, threw out the other hand, seized the bird by the throat, and succeeded, after a little flapping of the wing and attempting to bite, in strangling him. He then tied him round his neck, and came down, a bloody vic tor, to the deck. The bird was an eagle of a darkish brown color, speckled with white, of beautiful plumage, but excessively lean, about two feet long, measuring from tip to tip of wing a little more than five feet. ’ —-