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by James Sisson of Rhode Island in 1826 is better authenti- 

 cated than the claim that a Colonel Jaques of Massachusetts had 

 imported some in 1821, though that claim may be correct. It is 

 even quite possible, as the account of the introduction of Asiatic 

 fowls shows, that occasional importations were made earlier. At 

 first the Emdens were generally called here Bremen geese, Bremen 

 being the port from which the first importation on record came. 

 In England they were called Emden, importations to that country 

 coming, as is supposed, from the port of Emden. The Emden 

 Goose is described sufficiently for identification anywhere as a large 

 white goose. The size is easily developed from the Pomeranian 



FIG. 478. Captive Wild Geese used as decoys at shooting stand of C. M. Bryant, 

 East Weymouth, Massachusetts. (Photograph from C. M. Bryant) 



by selection or by crossing. According to the descriptions of early 

 Emden geese in this country, those first imported were not invariably 

 white, but often showed some gray. 



The Toulouse Goose. The Toulouse Goose takes its name from 

 the city of Toulouse, the capital of a department in southern France 

 noted for its geese. It was brought to England probably about 

 1835-1845, and to this country from England many years later. 

 It is not mentioned by Cocke (1843), and references to it in the 

 decade following 1850 plainly show that the writers were depend- 

 ent on English authors for their descriptions. It is probable that 

 the variety became known here either in the latter part of that dec- 

 ade or early in the following decade. Like the Emden, it is suffi- 

 ciently described for identification by a general description of size 



