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Chapter 8

           Ifeltmyboxraisedveryhighintheair,andthenborneforwardwithprodigiousspeed.Thefirstjolthadliketohaveshakenmeoutofmyhammock,butafterwardthemotionwaseasyenough.Icalledoutseveraltimes,asloudasIcouldraisemyvoice,butalltonopurpose.Ilookedtowardsmywindows,andcouldseenothingbutthecloudsandsky.Iheardanoisejustovermyhead,liketheclappingofwings,andthenbegantoperceivethewofulconditionIwasin;thatsomeeaglehadgottheringofmyboxinhisbeak,withanintenttoletitfallonarock,likeatortoiseinashell,andthenpickoutmybody,anddevourit:forthesagacityandsmellofthisbirdenableshimtodiscoverhisquarryatagreatdistance,thoughbetterconcealedthanIcouldbewithinatwo-inchboard.

           Inalittletime,Iobservedthenoiseandflutterofwingstoincreaseveryfast,andmyboxwastossedupanddown,likeasigninawindyday.Iheardseveralbangsorbuffets,asIthoughtgiventotheeagle(forsuchIamcertainitmusthavebeenthatheldtheringofmyboxinhisbeak),andthen,allonasudden,feltmyselffallingperpendicularlydown,foraboveaminute,butwithsuchincredibleswiftness,thatIalmostlostmybreath.Myfallwasstoppedbyaterriblesquash,thatsoundedloudertomyearsthanthecataractofNiagara;afterwhich,Iwasquiteinthedarkforanotherminute,andthenmyboxbegantorisesohigh,thatIcouldseelightfromthetopsofthewindows.InowperceivedIwasfallenintothesea.Mybox,bytheweightofmybody,thegoodsthatwerein,andthebroadplatesofironfixedforstrengthatthefourcornersofthetopandbottom,floatedaboutfivefeetdeepinwater.Ididthen,anddonowsuppose,thattheeaglewhichflewawaywithmyboxwaspursuedbytwoorthreeothers,andforcedtoletmedrop,whilehedefendedhimselfagainsttherest,whohopedtoshareintheprey.

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