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to that of the sheep, in certain situations ; 
and thousands are annually bred where that 
animal could not exist." 
Were it possible to calculate the numbers 
reared in this country, it would appear in- 
credible. The numbers brought annually 
to almost every market town, when, added 
to the immense droves sent to the centre of 
trade, would make the whole appear mul- 
tiplied in a ratio almost incalculable. 
In an article which Dr. Latham has co- 
pied from the St. James's Chronicle of Sept. 
2nd 1783, it is noticed that a drove of 
about nine thousand Geese passed through 
Chelmsford in their way to London, from 
Suffolk. A modern Author of much ce- 
lebrity observes that " to a stranger it is a 
most curious spectacle to view these hissing, 
cackling, gabbling, but peaceful armies, 
with grave deportment, waddling along 
(like other armies) to certain destruction. 
The drivers are each provided with a 
long stick, at one end of which a red rag 
is tied as a lash, and a hook is fixed at the 
other : with the former of which the Geese 
seem much afraid, they are excited forward ; 
