Each island holds an eyrie, where none but eagles repair to build their nests, to cry and fight together, and take their solace from the world.

I asked, "and fly with them to raid his own eyrie?

Embowered in pines, it rather resembled, seen from a distance, the eyrie of some huge eagle, than the abode of human beings, though eagles' eyries are not generally roofed in, with poles and clapboards.

Indeed, whatever being uttered that fearful shriek could not soon repeat it; not the widest-winged condor on the Andes could, twice in succession, send out such a yell from the cloud shrouding his eyrie.

"I hope you will not spoil your favourite eyrie just because I may some day fall over into it again.