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The first of these, the large ?rey (roose he siv. 

 .s so common in Englan^d, kt he St 

 It unnecessary to send specimens of it over ° It 

 . IS however presumed, that though Mr. Gra- 

 ham has shewn himself a careful observer 

 and an indefatigable colleftor ; yet, not beh'^ 

 a naturalist, he could not enter into any mU 

 nute examination about the species to which 

 each goose belongs, nor froni mere recollec 

 to°be mZ' '^,U>%^'7 S°°- -as aaudly 

 tonan, by examination, often finds material 

 differences which would escape a person un- 

 acquamted with natural history. The wish 

 herefore of seeing the specimens of tTiese 

 species of geese must occur to every lover 

 of that science. Mr. Graham says, the large 

 grey geese are the only species^hat brefd 

 about Severn river. They frequent the plains 

 and_ swamps along the coast. Their weight 

 is nine pounds, vcigia 



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 



nf ^rT ^''^ ",'"■>' ~"imon along Hudson's 

 Bay to the southward, but very rare to the 

 northward of Severn river, "^fhe I^lian: 

 have a peculiar method of killing all these 

 species of geese, and likewise swans. As 

 ese 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 



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