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The firft of thefe, the large grey goofe, he fays, 
is fo common in England, that he thought 
it unnecefiary to fend fpecimens of it over. It 
is however prefumed, that though Mr. Gra- 
ham has fhewn himfelf a careful obferver, 
and an indefatigable collector j yet, not being 
a naturalift, he could not enter into any mi- - 
nute examination about the fpecies to which 
each goo fe belongs, nor from mere recollec- 
tion know, . that his grey goofe was. actually 
to be met with in England. A natural his- 
torian, by examination, often finds material 
differences, which would efcape a perfon un- 
acquainted with natural hiftory. The wifh, 
therefore, of feeing the fpecimens of thefe 
fpecies of geefe, muft occur to every lover 
of thatfcience. Mr. Graham fays, the large 
grey geefe are the only fpecies that breed 
about Severn river. They frequent the plains 
and fwamps along the coafL Their weight 
is nine pounds. 
The blue goofe is as bigas the white goofe % 
and the laughing goofe is of thefize of the 
Canada or final! grey goofe.. Thefe. two 
lafi: fpecies are very common along Hudfon’s 
Bay to the fouthward, but very rare to the 
northward of Severn river. The Indians 
have a peculiar method of killing all thefe 
fpecies of geefe^ and likewife fwans. . As 
thefe birds fly regularly along the marfhes, 
the Indians range themfelves in a line acrofs 
the marfh, from the wood to high water 
mark, about mufket {hot from each other, 
