32 The Goose and Duck, 



ty of Norfolk breeds the largest quantity 

 of these fowls for market, which in the sea- 

 son travel in their store state, upwards of 

 one hundred miles, in a certain number of 

 days, to the metropolis. 



The Dude, 



The Goose and Duck genus is said by 

 naturalists, to comprehend upwards of one 

 hundred species, varying considerably in 

 size and plumage from each other ; com- 

 paratively few of them have been domes- 

 ticated, but the date of that domestication is 

 far beyond all memorial or record. 



This genus of fowls was deservedly a 

 great favourite with the ancients, from 

 the mildness and simplicity of their cha- 

 racter, from their great fecundity, and 

 from the cheapness and ease with which 

 they were provided. Although the duck 

 will eat flesh and garbage of any kind like 

 th e chicken, yet water insects, weeds, ve- 

 getables, corn and pulse, are their general 



