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it was, as we could get five hundred dollars, in 

 that case, for this notice of it. It is simply 

 lemon-juice and Holland gin. Squeeze the juice 

 of five or six lemons into a quart of gin, and 

 take a good dram of it three times a day. It is 

 not only pleasant, but effectual, and it will cure 

 as well as prevent the ague. At the same time 

 avoid getting wet as much as possible, especially 

 in the ponds and sloughs. 



Shooting brant geese is much the same in 

 method as shooting Canada geese. They are 

 about half the size of the latter, and very good eat- 

 ing. There is this difference in their habits : the 

 brant do not go so much into fields where the 

 corn is shocked, but use more where it is not 

 cut up, but the stalks are much broken down. 

 In the early spring a man may see acres of such 

 corn-fields covered with brant. To shoot them 

 there he must lie down as I have directed for duck- 

 shooting in the like places. With the brant, at 

 least in close proximity, will be found what we 

 call Mexican geese. They are about the same 

 size as the brant, and though there are at least 

 four kinds, to judge by the plumage and mark- 

 ings, they are in flocks all mixed up together. 

 Sometimes there will be half a dozen brant in a 



