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Canada 
Goote, 
A JOURNEY TO THE 
May before any Geefe made their appearancé. 
At their firft arrival they generally come in pairs, 
and are fo fond of fociety, that they fly ftreight 
to the call that imitates their note; by which 
means they are eafily fhot. They breed in great 
numbers in the plains and marfhes near Church- 
ill River; and in fame years the young ones can 
be taken in confiderable numbers, and are eafily 
tamed; but will never learn to eat corn, unlefs 
fome of the old ones are taken with them, which 
is eaftiy done when in a moulting ftate. On the 
ninth of Augult one thoufand feven hundred and 
eighty-cne, when IJ refided at Prince of Wales’s 
Fort, 1 fent fome Indians up Churchill River in 
canoes to procure fome of thofe Geefe, and in the 
afternoon they were feen coming down the river 
with a large flock before them; the young ones 
not more than half-grown, and the old ones fo 
far in a moulting ftate as not to be capable of fly- 
ing; fothat, with the affiftance of the knglith and 
the Indians then refiding on the plantation, the 
whole flock, to the amount of forty-one, was 
drove within the ftockade which inclofes the 
Fort, where they were fed and fattened for Win- 
ter ufe. Wild Geefe taken and fattened in this 
manner are much preferable to any.tame Geefe 
in the world. When this fpecies of Geefe are 
full-grown, and in good condition, they often 
weigh twelve pounds, but more frequently much 
lefs. 
Canapa Goose, or Pifk-a-fifh, as it is called 
by 
