494 DUCK. 



We have inferted the above account under the head of Mal- 

 lard, on fuppofition of its being the fpecies which is fo common. 

 OJbeck mentions two by name, viz. the one called Hina-a, and the 

 other Konga-o ; but does not defcribe the latter, not having feen 

 it 5 yet he obferves, that certain Wild Ducks found there were 

 in fuch plenty, as to greatly difturb the fijhermen, by taking the 

 fi/h out of their nets *. 



43 • Anas domeftica, Lin. Sy/?. i. p. 206. 4.0. /?. 



+-TAME-DUCK, _ _, , , V „ ., „ ■ Q 



r* i7 Le Canard domeftique, Bnf. Urn. vi. p. 30s. 1. 



OR, CjENERAL VA- 1 ' s r J 



riety. Common tame Duck, Raii Sjn. p. 150. i. — 191. \o.—Will. Orn. p. 380. 



pi. 75. — Broivn Jam. p. 480. — Sloan. Jam. p. 323. 7. — Albin, iii. 

 pi. 99. 



Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



Description. BY the above is meant the Mallard and Duck in their ftate of 

 domeftication \ of which no regular defcription can be given, 

 as the variety is infinite, much in the fame manner as in dome/- 

 tic Poultry ; befides, being under the continual inflection of all, 

 it would fcarce be in our power to add to the knowledge of any 

 country bcufewife, or the lowed domeftic, on this head, or in the 

 manners, which are fo well known. 



* We were aftonifhed to fee (fays he) the Chinefe, who had put their nets into 

 the water, (hoot conftantly without aiming at any thing ; but, on enquiry, we 

 were told that they were forced to watch their fiiheries continually, and to 

 frighten away the Bucks, who would elfe empty the nets fooner than the men 

 could. I never faw fuch fearlefs and numerous flights of Ducks as here; one 

 flight after another came, notwithstanding the noife that was made on all fides, 

 and endeavoured to fettle near the nets ; but were always hindered in the above 

 manner. See OJb. Voy. ii. p. 33.— Whether thefe were the fampane Ducks, pr not, 

 is not faid ; but he precifely determines that they were not like ours. 



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