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of during the time of sitting. A person 
called a Gozzard, (goose herd) attends the 
flock, and twice a day drives the whole to 
water; then brings them back to their ha- 
bitations, helping those that live in the up- 
per stories to their nests, without ever mis- 
placing a single bird. The Geese are 
plucked five times a year; the first pluck- 
ing is at Lady day, for the feathers and 
quills ; and the same is renewed, for fea- 
thers only, four times between that and 
Michaelmas. The old Geese submit 
quietly to the operation, but the young 
ones are very noisy and unruly. I once 
saw this performed, and observed that the 
Goslings of six weeks old were not spared; 
for their tails were plucked, as I was told, 
to habituate them early to what they were 
to come to." , 
In most parts of the Kingdom, the 
Goose is an appendage to the farm yard, 
and being a hardy bird and subject to few 
distempers, she requires but little care. 
She lays from seven to twelve eggs, and 
.sometimes more. Several cottagers in this 
County, pay attention to the rearing <rf 
