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ecosusmltwas ay mest.of ‘the: Canada Goose. “We 
had heard Geese honking as we approaced the isl- 
and) and) had@seem-eat “least one. making off.) Flere 
was the buried treasure they had hoped would be 
unobserved. I had always thought of the wild 
Geese as breeding only in the far north. This was 
the first nest of this sort that I had ever seen, and 
it would be hard to describe the feelings with 
which I viewed it. It seemed as though I were 
in a trackless wilderness, perhaps very near the 
pole, except that the sun was too warm for such 
meh latitudes ~At any rate: I had the delightful 
sense of boreal adventure without its hardships. 
We saw nothing of the owners of the nest, so, 
after photographing it, we proceeded to the second 
island, where we actually found another Goose nest 
in a short time. This one held five eggs and was 
situated in short grass—a sort of lawn it was—yjust 
backirom, the -bank,: on the hieher part ofthe 
island, overlooking the lake. It seemed a rather 
conspicuous place for the great bird to sit with so 
little cover, but no doubt she squatted close enough 
when danger was near, if, indeed, she allowed any- 
one to approach within observing distance while she 
was there. This nest was very slight, being little 
more than a hollow lined with down. 
There was no Goose nest on the third island, 
but we discovered another on the last that had 
evidently beens riled. lt was a rude pile of; grass 
and down, placed near one end of the island, at the 
top of a gravel-spit, among some weeds. Out at 
the extremity of the spit, as we approached, we 
saw the two Geese standing with outstretched 
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