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by the wonderful circumvolution of the wind-pipe, below-men- 

 tioned. Are met with alfo in America. Not uncommon at Hud- 

 Jon's Bay, where they are called Wapa-feu ; come there accompa- 

 nied by the Geeje, about the end of May, but not in great num- 

 bers, though fometimes as' far as nine in a flock ; yet the 

 lakes to the fouthward are faid to abound with them. The na- 

 tives greatly efteem them as food. They lay four eggs, and 

 hatch in July *. Have been feen alfo in King George's Sound f; 

 from thence to Carolina J, and Louifiana, migrating on the new as 

 on the old continent. The Indians of the iaft wear the Jkins, with 

 the down attached to them, fewed together by -way of covering ; 

 and of the larger feathers they make diadems for their Chiefs, as 

 well as weave the fmaller on threads, as barbers do for their wigs, 

 with which they cover garments, which are worn only by wo- 

 men of the higheft rank §. 



In Augufi they lofe their feathers, and are not able to fly, when 

 the natives of Iceland and Kamtfcbatka hunt them with dogs, 

 which catch them by the neck, and eafily fecure their prey. In 

 the lad place they are alfo killed with clubs. The eggs arc 

 accounted good food ; and the fiefh much efteemed by the inha- 

 bitants, efpecially that of the young birds, infomuch that, fummer 

 or winter, no entertainment is laid to be made without one )|. 

 The ufes of the feathers are manifefl to every one ; and the 



* Mr. Hutchins. f Cook's laji Voy. i. p. 235. 



% Said to be two forts : the larger called the Trumpeter, the fmaller the 

 Hooper. — Lew/on, p. 146. — Arft. Zool. 



§ Hiji. Lonif. ii. p. 113. 



|| This was not obferved to be the cafe when Captain Cook vifited that place. 

 —Cook's lajl Voy, vol. iii. p. 347. 



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