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hundred wild Indians would be entirely cast 

 in the shade by the " houks ! " of that body of 

 geese. 



The direct flight for that tide being over, 

 we left them feeding, and started for the 

 shore. We paddled directly by them ; but 

 a goose is such a good judge of distance, he 

 knows, when he can see you, just how close 

 to let you approach; and so intent were they 

 on something to eat, that they did not even 

 raise their heads, with the exception of the 

 sentinels. By allowing the tide to fall too 

 low before attempting to land, we had the 

 privilege of backing thirty-eight geese that 

 was the number we picked up a third of 

 a mile to the land, also to drag the boats 

 thither. We had to make three trips with 

 the sled to remove them to the house. Just 

 look, with me, at them as they lie on that 

 platform before being hung in the game-room. 

 Is not this fellow an old settler? What a 

 strapper ! and this one ! and that ! In fact, 

 there are a dozen that have been this way 

 a number of seasons before. Bouncers, ain't 

 they? Could it be possible that this great 

 display of Canadian geese could be captured 



