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frequented by them, but they are found occasionally 
in the south-eastern and other parts of Europe, from 
whence they have been brought into this and 
other countries, where they have been domesti- 
cated, and thrive remarkably well. Half reclaimed 
species are not unfrequently shot in England. 
This species appears to have been held im great 
veneration by the ancient Egyptians, as we fre- 
quently find a figure of it among the monuments 
of that celebrated people. The Egyptian Goose 
breeds freely in confinement. 
GOOGSE, Gok vtAGe 
Awas ANSER (FERUS), Liz. 
This species, the original of the tame breed, and 
which is found all over the world, migrates south- 
ward from the northern hemisphere in autumn 
and winter, and returns in the spring. They were 
formerly known to remain and breed in the fens of 
Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and various other 
parts of Great Britain; but the increase of 
population and the cultivation of marshy places 
have almost entirely driven away these feathered 
inhabitants from their former haunts. In lien, 
however, of the wild species vast multitudes of the 
domesticated ones are now kept in the same dis- 
