THE WILD GOOSE. 



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WILD GEiSZ. 



there an hour or two, one of them with a long loud note, sorx'k A 



kind of signal, to which the rest always 



punctually attend, and, rising in a group, 



they pursue their journey with alacrity. 



Their flight is conducted with vast regular- 

 ity. They always proceed either in a line 



abreast, or in two lines joining in an angle 



at the middle. In this order they often taice 



the lead by turns, the foremost falling back 



in the rear when tired, and the next in 



station taking his place. Their track is 



generally so high, that it is almost impossi- 

 ble to reach them from a fowling-piece ; and 



even when this can be done, they file so equally, that one discharge 

 seldom kills more than a single bird. 



They breed in the plains and marshes about 

 Hudson's Bay in North America : in some years 

 the young ones are caught in considerable num- 

 bers • and at this age they are easily tamed. It 

 is, however, singular, that they will never learn 

 to eat corn, unless some of the old ones be caught 

 alono: with them. 



WILD OOOSB 



