SOIAN GOOSE. 
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once or twice around witliin reach, and almost al- 
ways allured by throwing some white or marked 
object overboard. 
Most, if not the whole, of these breeding stations 
are rented from the proprietors, the rent being paid 
chiefly by the feathers. The young geese are killed 
and cured. The Bass furnished yearly, we believe, 
from fifteen hundred to two thousand. The young are 
also said tobe brought tothe Edinburgh markets, and 
sold fresh ; but we have never met with the dish at 
table, nor been able to ascertain what class of people 
were the chief purchasers; nor aro wo very sure 
where is the principal market for those that are 
salted in the north, although we have once or twice 
eaten them boiled as a ham, and considered them by 
no means cither strong, fishy, or unpalatable. 
Its ascertained range out of Britain is to the north 
of Europe, Iceland, and the Feroe Isles. Out of Eu- 
rope, we have Wilson and Audubon, considering the 
birds of America similar to the European species, 
breeding in tlio same way, and upon local precipitous 
rocks, their stations on the coast of Labrador are 
visited annually by the cod-fishers to procure bait, 
the flesh of the goose being cut up into strips and 
cured for that purpose ; the birds aro knocked down 
with sticks, boat-hooks, &c., and appear as if they 
were confused, or ignorant of the attacks of man. 
The Prince of Canino, however, has placed the 
American goose in his Comparative List, distinct, 
as the 5. Americana. It is also said to be a native 
of the African coast ; and we give a short description 
