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before rising, they run together as close as they can ; thus 

 affording a good chance to the shooter, who may be concealed 

 near enough, of making his shot tell among their heads and 

 necks. All Geese and Swans have this habit of crowding to- 

 gether when first alarmed. 



" A wounded Brent Goose, which I brought home, very soon 

 "became tame, and fed fearlessly close to us; indeed, I have 

 frequently observed the same inclination to tameness in this 

 oeautrful kind of Goose." 



