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being shipped at Bremen, they derive their name from that 

 circumstance. They are a pure white, weigh from thirty to 

 fifty pounds a pair alive, lay early, raise but one brood in a 

 season ; flesh, excellent ; feathers, soft and abundant ; of lofty, 

 noble carriage, and all in all, a splendid water-fowl. I pur- 

 chased a pair in the fall of 1852, that were the admiration of 

 every one who saw them ; far superior to any other Bremen 

 geese in this vicinity. The goose weighed twenty pounds, and 

 the gander near thirty pounds. There are but few such speci- 

 mens in this country. 



THE AFRICAN, OR GUINEA GOOSE. 



Buffon says, in his natural history, that this breed of geese 

 exceed all others in size, but I think the Bremen geese equal 

 them. Mr. John Giles, Providence, R. I., imported some fine 

 specimens, of which he says : 



They stand forth first of their race, are brown-grey on the back, 

 light-grey on the breast, brown on the head and upper side of the 

 neck, have a prominent black tubercle on the root of the bill, with 

 pouch or dew-lap under the throat, weigh from twenty to twenty-five 

 pounds each, and are a rare ornamental bird. 



INDIAN MOUNTAIN GOOSE. 



Dr. Bennett, at the time of writing his work on poultry, had 

 specimens of this breed in his possession, which he says were 

 smaller than the African geese, but very graceful in appearance; 

 were a dimnish color on the breast and belly; otherwise like 

 the African geese. The pouch or dew-lap, hangs down from 

 one to two inches. Nothing is said of them as being of more 

 than ordinary value. 



POLAND GEESE. 



This variety is said to be a cross between the African and 

 Chinese goose, is of medium size, good appearance, easily 

 raised, and flesh very good. 



There are a number of breeds and varieties of geese in various 

 parts of the world, not in the preceding list, a full description 



