164 Otfober 1748. 



But the tamed turkeys are commonly much more 

 irafcible than thofe which are naturally tame. 

 The Indians likewife employ themfelves in tam- 

 ing them and keeping them near their huts. 



WILD Geefe have likewife been tamed in the 

 following manner. When the wild geefe firft 

 come hither in fpring, and ftop a little while 

 (for they do not breed in PenfyhaniaJ the people 

 try to {hoot them in the wing, which, however, 

 is generally mere chance. They then row to the 

 place where the wild goofe fell, catch it, and 

 keep it for fome time at home j by this means 

 many of them have been made fo tame, that when 

 they were let out in the morning, they returned 

 in the evening j but, to be more fure of them, 

 their wings are commonly clipped. I have feen 

 \vildgeefeofthis kind, which the owner affured 

 me, that he had kept for more than twelve years ; 

 but though he kept eight of them, yet he never 

 had the pleafure to fee them copulate with the 

 tame ones, or lay eggs. 



PARTRIDGES, which are here in abundance, 

 may likewife be fo far taqied, as to run about all 

 day with the poultry, and to come along with 

 them to be fed when they are called. In the 

 fame manner I have feen wild Pigeons y which 

 were made fo tame as to fly out and return again. 

 In fome winters there are immenfe quantities of 

 wild pigeons in Penfyfoania. 



Ott. 24th. OF all the rare birds of North 

 America, the Humming-bird is the moft admi- 

 rable, or at leaft moft worthy of peculiar atten- 

 tion. Several reafons induce me to believe, that 

 few parts of the world can produce its equal. 



Dr. Lin~ 



