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THE TURKEY. 
tame, that it would follow any person who called it, 
and was the favourite of the little village. Yet it 
would never roost with the tame turkeys, but regu 
larly betook itself, at night, to the roof of the house, 
where it remained until dawn. When two years 
old, it began to fly to the woods, where it remained 
for a considerable part of the day, to return to the 
enclosure as night approached. One morning I saw 
it fly off, at a very early hour, to the woods, and 
took no particular notice of that circumstance. Se- 
veral days elapsed, but the bird did not return. I 
was going towards some lakes near Green River to 
shoot, when, having walked about five miles, I saw 
a fine large gobbler cross the path before me, moving 
leisurely along. Turkeys being then in prime con- 
dition for the table, I ordered my dog to chase it, 
and put it up. The animal went off with great ra- 
pidity, and, as it approached the turkey, I saw, with 
great surprise, that the latter paid little attention. 
Juno was on the point of seizing it, when she sud- 
denly stopped, and turned her head towards me. I 
hastened to them, but you may easily conceive my 
surprise, when I saw my own favourite bird, and 
discovered that it had recognised the dog, and would 
not fly from it, although the sight of a strange dog 
would have caused it to run off at once.” 
The second species of Turkey is 
