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ened place ; for although they may be sulky 

 for a day or two, yet, being great glut- 

 tons, they will soon reconcile themselves to 

 confinement if supplied with plenty of food. 

 The plan is also accompanied with the ad- 

 vantage of putting up a single goose at a 

 time ; so that any number may be brought 

 into high order in succession as wanted ; 

 whereas if a goose be put up alojie, without 

 being cooped, she will be restless, and pine 

 away for want of society. Cooping is, there- 

 fore, the most expeditious as well as the 

 most economical manner of feeding, though 

 we admit that it is the most troublesome, and 

 the bird must, when thoroughly fatted, be 

 killed immediately ; for, if kept much longer, 

 their fat will drip away in roasting, and the 

 flesh acquire a disagreeable flavour. 



The following experiments upon three geese, 

 cooped and fed by Parkinson upon oats and 

 water, will show the effects of that mode of 

 management. One, a gander, weighed 11 lbs. 

 when put up : weight on the eighth day fol- 

 lowing, 13 lbs. 2 oz. ; after the lapse of 

 seven days weighed again, weight 14 lbs. 

 2 oz. ; the next seventh day, 141bs. 12 oz. ; 



