HIS BEAK AND TONGUE 99 
which they picked out. of the garbage dumped | 
there. 
The rind, when taken out of the mass, was 
none too clean, being covered with mud and 
other dirt. When a goose found a piece to suit 
him, he took it up, carried it to the edge, and 
dropped it into the shallow water. Then he 
stood and watched it till the running stream 
washed it clean, when he stepped into the water 
and quickly ate off the part he wanted. 
