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healthy without ; for turkies, though corn- 

 fed, delight in a variety of plants, such as 

 cabbage, lettuce, endive, &c, and poul- 

 try pick much grass ; while geese live for 

 months together on commons by grazing 

 alone. 



Nought is useless made : — ' 



" On the barren heath 



The shepherd tends his flock that daily crop 

 " Their verdant dinner from the mossy turf 

 ^' Sufficient : after them the cackling goose, 

 Close-grazer, finds wherewith to ease her want." 



Philips's Cyder. 

 White. 



That many graminivorous birds feed also 

 on the herbage or leaves of plants, there 

 can be no doubt : partridges and larks fre- 

 quently feed on the green leaves of turnips, 

 which gives a peculiar flavour to their flesh, 

 that is, to me, very palatable : the flavour 

 also of wild ducks and geese greatly de- 

 pends on the nature of their food ; and 

 their flesh frequently contracts a rank un- 

 pleasant taste, from their having lately fed 



