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who ought to be the instructor, remains silent ; and he who 
is willing to learn, though unqualified to teach, becomes 
the mstructor. Could our correspondents ; those espe- 
cially ata distance, be induced to communicate with ac- 
curacy, the details of any excellent practice in regard to 
arts, manufactures, agriculturte, trade, or rural economics, 
that has long prevailed in their particular district, they 
would confer an obligation on the public, and.a particular 
favour on the Editor. 
An approved mode of rearing and fattening geese in Lan- 
guedoc. 
Mz. Casrtmir Purmorwy, correspondent of the Society at” 
-Toulowse, has communicated to the society the following 
manner of raising and. fattening geese, in the carton 
which he inhabits, 
They-raise, in upper Languedoc, a kind of large white 
and grey geese, almost as big as the swan, of which the 
-distinguifhing mark is a lump of fat under the belly, 
“vwhich touches the ground when these animals walk. As 
you leave Toulouse, and approach towards Bearn and the 
moors, that lump diminifhes, and the kind of geese be- 
“comes weaker and smaller; but in return, when salted,. 
“they are better and more delicate. 
The geese lay in the month of March, and the young 
are latched by the beginning of April. They are fed on 
bran, crumb of bread, and young fhoots of trees, cabbage, 
}ettuce, and bruised plants. Care is taken to fhelter 
‘them from the cold; and they are not allowed to go out’ 
“but in fine weather. The eggs are generally hatched by 
whens. Care must be taken to remove all hemlock that 
"may grow near the place where they are kept; the young 
are fond of it; but they will scarcely have swallowed a. 
