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geneiully taken away ; and it is said that the male, in this 

 extremity, furnishes the third quantity of down from his 

 own breast; but if the cruel robbery be a third time 

 repeated, they abandon the place altogether. 



One female, during the whole time of laying, generally 

 gives half a pound of down ; and we are told, that, in the 

 year 1760, the Iceland Company sold as much of this article, 

 as amounted to three thousand seven hundred and forty-fivf 

 banco dollars, besides what was directly sent to Gluckstadt 

 The down from dead birds is little esteemed, having lost itr 

 elasticity. 



These birds associate together in flocks, generally in deep 

 water, diving for shell-fish, which constitute their principal 

 food. They frequently retire to the rocky shores to rest, 

 particularly on the appearance of an approaching storm 

 They are numerous on the coast of Labrador, and are occa 

 sionally seen in winter as far south as the Capes of DeU 

 ware. Their flesh is esteemed by the inhabitants of Greei 

 land, but tastes strongly of fish. 



THE CANADA GOOSE. (Ana» Canadenns.) 



Tms (says Wilson) is the Common Wild Goose of tha 

 United States, universally known over the whole eooDtij; 

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