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The first of these, the 1 



is so common in England, that he thought 

 it unnecessary to send specimens of it over. I L 

 is however presumed, that though Mr. Gra 

 ham has shewn himself a careful obsen. 

 and an indefatigable collector ; yet, not being 

 a naturalist, he could not enter into any mi- 

 nute examination about the species to which 

 each goose belongs, nor from mere recollec- 

 tion know, that his grey goose was actually 

 to be met with in England. A natural his- 

 torian, by examination, often finds material 

 differences, which would escape a person un- 

 acquainted with natural history. The wish, 

 therefore, of seeing the specimens of these 

 species of geese, must occur to every lover 

 of that science. Mr. Graham says, the large 

 grey geese are the only species that breed 

 about Severn river. They frequent the plains 

 and swamps along the coast. Their weight 

 is nine pounds. 



The blue goose is as big as the white goose ; 

 and the laughing goose is of the size of the 

 Canada or small grey goose. These two 

 last species are very common along Hudson's 

 Bay to the southward, but very rare to the 

 northward of Severn river. The Indians 

 have a peculiar method of killing all these 

 species of geese, and likewise swans. As 

 these birds fly regularly along the marshes, 

 the Indians range themselves in a line across 

 the marsh, from the wood to high water 

 mark, about musket shot from each other, 



so 



