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stance at present, which alone amounts to 
almost a positive proof of affinity. Bat it 
may fairly be asked, if the hoschas is not 
the origin of the Domestic Duck, where is 
it to be found in its native state." 
Buffon observes that < f Man made a dou- 
ble conquest when he subdued inhabitants 
at once of the air and of the water. Free in 
both these vast elements, equally fitted to 
roam in the regions of the atmosphere, to 
glide through the ocean, or plunge under its 
billows, the aquatic birds seem destined 
by nature to live for ever remote from our 
society, and from the limits of our dominie 
ons." 
" Their only tie to the land is the ne- 
cessity of depositing the fruits of their 
loves. By availing themselves of that 
necessity, and of the feeling which so 
powerfully animates all creatures, we have 
enslaved them without imposing restraint * 
and by their fondness to their offspring we 
have attached them to our abodes." 
Long domestication has, however de- 
prived the Tame Duck of that keen, quick, 
and sprightly look and shape which distiu- 
