AFRICA. I15 
land, which is a far lefs favourable climate 
than ouris, many fpecies are common, whiclr 
treed there as in their native country. Indif- 
ferent to ei^ery ciiftoni unfandioned'by whinl 
or frivolity, the French are by no means in- 
eli ed to borrow from this neighbouring na- 
tion a refpeSable inftitution ; and would much 
father ridicule its phlegm, its prudence, and its 
forefight, than profit by its exam;Me^ to reap 
the fruits of thefe qualities. I ha^ e counted ia 
the poultry yards of the Dutch, with equal 
pleafure and aftonifhmeht, more than twenty 
kinds of wild geefe and ducks which are Un- 
known to us ; and 1 have feea them breed 
like the other domeftic fowls of oiir climes. 
Among others I have admired that beautiful 
fpecies of Chinefe teal of which we have 
hot eveh a fluffed fpecimen to fhcw In our 
feabinets of natural hiftdry. The Chinefe, the 
Egyptian, and the Barbary goofe, the various 
ducks of the Cape of Good Hope^ the Caro- 
lina teal, and many others^ as well as the 
turaflba of America, frequently adorn the tables 
tof Holland ; and nOt only do thefe animate 
S^c BufFon's Planches enlumhcfs, No. 805. 
I 2 thrive 
