CANADA GOOSE. 
*' The sportsman keeps motionless, and on his 
" knees, with his gun cocked, the whole time ; 
44 and never fires till he has seen the eyes of 
* 4 the Geese. He fires as they are going from 
" him ; then picks up another gun, that lies by 
** him, and discharges that. The Geese which 
44 ^e has killed, he sets up on sticks, as if alive, 
* 4 to decoy others. He also makes artificial 
4i birds for the same purpose. In a good day, 
* 4 ' for they fly in very uncertain and uneqvai 
4 4 numhers, a single Indian will kill two hun- 
*' dred. Notwithstanding every species of 
" Goose has a different call, the Indians are 
admirable in their imitation of every one. 
" The vernal flight of the Geese lasts from 
44 April to the middle of May. Their first 
44 appearance coincides with the thawing of 
44 the swamps, when they are very lean. 
44 The autumnal, or season of their return, 
44 with their young, is from the middle of 
* 4 August to the middle of October. Those 
44 which are taken in the latter season, when 
44 the frosts usually begin, are preserved in their 
44 feathers, and left to be frozen, for the fresh 
44 provisions of the winter stock. The fea- 
44 thers constitute an article of commerce, and 
44 are sent to England." 
