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The flrft of thefe, the large grey goofe, he fays, 

 is £o common in England, that he thought 

 it unneceffary to fend fpecimens of it over. It 

 is however prefumed, that though Mr. Gra- 

 ham has fhewn himfelf a careful obferver, 

 and an indefatigable collector ; yet, not being 

 a naturalift, he could not enter into any mi- 

 nute examination about the fpecies to which 

 each goofe belongs, nor from mere recollec- 

 tion know, that his grey goofe .was actually 

 to-be met with in England. . A natural his- 

 torian, by examination, often finds material 

 differences-, which would efcapera perfon un- 

 acquainted with natural hiftory. . The wifh, 

 therefore, of feeing the fpecimens of thefe 

 fpecies of geefe, muft occur to 7 every lover 

 of thatfcience. ,, Mr. Graham fays, the large 

 2;rey geefe are the only fpecies that breed 

 about Severn river. They frequent the plains 

 and fwamps along the coaft. Their weight 

 is nine pounds, 



'The blue goofe is as big as the white goofe | 

 and the laughing goofeiis of the fize of the 

 Canada or fmall grey goofe., Thefe two 

 lair, fpecies are very common along Hudfon's 

 Bay to the fouthward, but very rare to the 

 northward of Severn river* The Indians 

 have a peculiar method of killing all thefe 

 fpecies of geek, and likewife fwans. As 

 thefe birds fly regularly along the marfhes, 

 the Indians range themfeives in a line acrofs 

 the mar(h, from the wood to high water 

 mark, about nwfket {hot from eath other, 



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