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lofty and craggy mountains, protected by the cataradls 

 that prevent the approach of their enemy. 



Tame ducks abound fo greatly in the ides, that the Ikdian 



capture of the wild fort is much negled:ed. Decoys are 

 unknown there : the commoneft method of taking them ' 

 is this : A man goes into the water with a pot or a hol- 

 low calabafh on his head, and walks or fwims fo low as to 

 conceal his whole body : the birds, imagining the gourds 

 to be brought down accidentally, fuiFer the fowler to ap- 

 proach them ; he pulls them by the legs under water, 

 faftens them to a girdle he wears for that purpofe, and 

 then proceeds in his fport. This method is alfo pradlifed 

 in Chi?2a*, and was doubtlefs introduced there, and into 

 India, from JEgypt, the original feat of fcience. 



The fpecies of goofe we now defcribe, is extremely Description. 

 common in Ceylon, and is equal in fize to our wild goofe : 

 the bill is long, and black j at the bafe is a knob, which 

 in old birds is very large. 



The head and neck are white, marked with fmall black 

 fpots : the breaft and belly of a pure white : the back and 

 wings are black, but the ends of the primary feathers of a 

 fine variable green. 



The tail is fharp-pointed and black: the legs of the 

 fame colour. 



• Du Halde HijL China, i. 314. 



H 2 XIV, ANAS 



