1 42 THE TURKEY. 



tame, that it would follow any person who called it* 

 and was the favourite of the little village. Yet it 

 would never roost with the tame turkeys, but regu 

 larly betook itself, at night, to the roof of the house, 

 where it remained until dawn. When two years 

 old, it began to fly to the woods, where it remained 

 for a considerable part of the day, to return to the 

 enclosure as night approached. One morning I saw 

 it fly off, at a very early hour, to the woods, and 

 took no particular notice of that circumstance. Se- 

 veral days elapsed, but the bird did not return. I 

 was going towards some lakes near Green River to 

 shoot, when, having walked about five miles, I saw 

 a fine large gobbler cross the path before me, moving 

 leisurely along. Turkeys being then in prime con- 

 dition for the table, I ordered my dog to chase it, 

 and put it up. The animal went off with great ra- 

 pidity, and, as it approached the turkey, I saw, with 

 great surprise, that the latter paid little attention. 

 Juno was on the point of seizing it, when she sud- 

 denly stopped, and turned her head towards me. I 

 hastened to them, but you may easily conceive my 

 surprise, when I saw my own favourite bird, and 

 discovered that it had recognised the dog, and would 

 not fly from it, although the sight of a strange dog 

 would have caused it to run off at once/' 

 The second species of Turkey is 



