yards of a troop of Condors before they retreated, though he had
other persons in his; company. When full-fed the Condor will
remain motionless on a projecting' rock, and has then a sinister
appearance; if on the ground, however, he allows of a close chase
before having recourse4$o his ample wings,, hopping along before
hi$. pursuer. When oh the conllary he i sftpressed by hunger and
light from emptiness, he-#will som? to extreme heights in the
atmosphere, especially in clea^fereaS&er, whenM he catedisr.ov ^
prey at any possible disthg|g% H ie ^ lay in the mos^p^roessibli;
parts of the Andes, ne^^tj^.limit of M^etuM snow, on the mem
brfrken and terrffllfc pr«flpi®®sj where 9 other living creature caA
dwell, 'Nests have been fouapp at th^^stoaordinary elevation of
teteen thaus^^Weet, Their eggs are uft^Uy laid on the naked
rock, dr with^very little pr^aratkm, ahlluever entrees, which
they even ayfiid alighting on, unlike'their congeners in. i thi'S
respecA and always on rocks of the grbund, the^raighthdss of
their ’nails making this* easier for them. ffh e eg^^r aie white,
aiid three ^ r fomJin'ctSbM-long. - The young are entirtfllSPmvererl
wiwvert^soft whitish down, and the.mother ism id to provide for
tehetttiid uring a lo n ^ tim e j^T h e facts relajiye t*thSp,pf propagation
p tren lt, li owev ^ sufficxeritM?a&ertain ed M>r hd% are We'isoverifjij
assertions relating to operations perfoitoe^U|jf> npich beyond the
reach onBdinaty observatfohfjif*,
Auih^s describe various modes that hallS behi* resorted to for
destfojWg the Condors in tHiir native counitrieap^where they
8bjmetiine& become a nuisah^ni: such as poisoning eSlSion, seizing
them by the legs by hiding under the skin of a calf, and^fe
building narrow enclosures in which is placed putrid flesh, when
the- birds flying down and feeding greedily, are unable to take
wing again for want of spajp to get a start by running. But we
scarcely see any advantage in such stratagems, since they may be
caught with running knots while disabledspy repletion, or even,
as it is reported, knocked down with clubs; and in any case we
are at a loss to reconcile such persecutions with the protectiop 80
wisely granted them both by mvifi&edand savage man. 4
In captivity, the Condor is easily tamed if taken young, and
docs not refuse any kind of animal food whatever, nor do they
appear to dread or sujfor in ths^east frw i the eMrem%changes
of th6 climate in» Europe and t^morth^lhsterft parts of America.
But it isahnost impossihle tofkeepple adults, which are arrays
PKceediriglyfwiltJflnd mi s chievous. 'J P b<^ art; incredibly tenacious
‘01 life : tno nones age .so hard as to resist a musket-ball, to which;
olso the thick down of plumM^PmapeiretiabS!*. They can
res j@t swangul^on for hours, even when bS&iigecFand hand plipld
by the*feeh A remarkable flfetfiPphat in dom^ticit^mey wilk
hot refuse water, drinking it in a venapeculiar man’iier, bvifapldiffil
Hheir loweranandible nWt ffe fem J^m e , and uHtng||r as aPspoon
to thrhw the liquid intoAheir throat. ,3|he indiridrtil represented
in uurqilate was remarkable for^layffl|Pss and a kind oPstupM*
gopd nature. During Mil Lawsojafs almost (fail^&iaits for the
purpohi’ep measuring aiid,efamiimm accurately eVerypar®foi^Ms^
Engraving, heriiecaine familiar and' well ^^ua^tCTT that he
.woulqjppull f®l pager ipm df the artist’s Hands, or,*taKs|. the
Isnee ta c l^ from nis| nose,-s(^ tnat Mr. Dawson, ^dhcednj^thesel
blandishments, and, forgetting it^lcharhcter in o t l y respects, does
not hesij&te to declare the Condors tm genjlest\biros Re dver
had to deal witn.
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