A RIGHT-AND-LEFT SHOT. Ill 



The Indians kill large numbers of them, and for 

 the table they certainly excel any of the other 

 species. 



WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, OR LAUGHING GOOSE 

 (Anser Gambelii, Hartland). I noticed this sin- 

 gular goose to be much more abundant on the west 

 than it is on the eastern side of the Cascades. Im- 

 mense flocks arrive,' in the spring and fall of the 

 year, on the Sumass and Chilukweyuk prairies, 

 resting only a few days to feed ; they are always 

 in company with Hutchin's Goose. Indians kill 

 great numbers, by making a kind of lair. They 

 arch light sticks by fixing the ends in the ground, 

 just high enough for a man to crawl under, and 

 about six feet long ; this they cover with grass, to 

 resemble a mound and rushes ; having crept in, 

 the Indian lies still until a flock of geese pitch 

 within shot; then, bowling over as many as he 

 can, he loads again; the geese just circle round 

 and pitch as before, and so he continues to fire 

 until enough are slaughtered ; then out he creeps, 

 to pick up the dead and wounded. 



CANADA GOOSE (Bernicla canadensis}. Com- 

 mon east and west of the Cascade Mountains ; 

 seldom seen but in pairs. In coming down from 

 Colville to Walla-walla on our return home, in 

 the beginning of March, I killed two Canada 



