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THE BEENACLE GOOSE. 



In olden times it was believed that this Goose was 

 generated from the Barnacle {Lepas anatifera), and Hector 

 Boece, our oldest historian, gives a curious account of 



The Scottish Barnacle, if I might choose, 

 That of a worme doth waxe a winged goose. 



Its price was fixed by the Scottish Parliament in the 

 time of Queen Mary (1551) at "auchteen pennies." It is 

 an excellent bird for the table. 











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