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nailed by its feet to a board, and placed in 

 an oven at a heat of 80 of Fahrenheit. In 

 this state it is stuffed four times a day, and 

 kept for three weeks, or until it dies, with 

 its liver enormously enlarged, and, of course, 

 diseased. This festering liver forms the 

 vaunted pate de foie g-ras, which is put up 

 in lard, and has been deemed worthy of ex- 

 portation to this country. Its high price 

 renders it, of course, an object of ambition 

 to those who wish to figure in the ranks of 

 fashion, but, from the nature of the article, 

 not more than an ounce or two can be eaten 

 at a time. There is a story current of an 

 Englishman at Paris who, having heard it 

 much praised, sent for a pot of it containing 

 a pound, and ate it all up at one meal, to 

 gether with the lard in which it was imbed 

 ded. He observed afterward that he did 

 not think much of it, " for it made him as 

 sick as a horse for several days !" 



Within the last ten or twelve years, a 

 new breed of geese has been introduced 

 into the United States from Bremen, by Mr. 

 James Sisson, of Rhode Island, which is 



