CANADA GOOSE. 
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Co jfecse have, in numerous instances, been 
’*lpletcly domesticated, and readily pair with the tame 
Steese. The offsprinn- are said to be laro-er than 
it'n ’ characteristic marks of the wild "oose 
u predominate. The gunners on the sea shore have 
,^"5 l>een in the practice of laming the wounded of both 
and have sometimes succeeded in getting them to 
and produce. The female always seeks out the 
(^**t solitary place for her nest, not tar from the crater. 
the approaeh of every spring, however, these birds 
I J^i’^ver symptoms of great uneasiness, fre(inently 
t'P ill to the air, aud attcmj)ting to go olF. Some 
f "t>se wings have been closely cut, have travelled on 
^.ft in a northern direction, aud have been found at the 
jj stance of several miles from homi!. They liail every 
tliat passes overltead, aud the salute is sure to be 
j|h>rtied by the voyagers, who .are only prevented from 
(iphtiiig among them by the presence and habitations 
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'ded geese with them to those parts of the marshes 
'vhich the wild ones are accustomed to tly; and. 
(^r^ealing themselves within gumshot, wait for a tlight, 
t|^ '®h is no sooner perceived bv the decoy geese, than 
• in calling aloud, until the whole iiock approaches 
tj^/'®ar as to give them an opportunity of discharging 
'wul sometimes three loaded muskets among it, by 
tch great havoc is made. 
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wild goose, wiien in good order, weighs from 
^"’clvc, and sometimes fourteen pounds. They 
**old in the Philadelphia markets at from seveuty- 
^cents to oi\e dollar each ; and are estimated to 
'S}*y-<ive or thirty cents more. 
'lUa *® Canada goose is now domesticated in numerous 
(!^'^*crs of the country, and is remarked for being 
'ha watchful, and more sensible of approaching 
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ti,.'*® half a pound of feathers a-piece, which produces 
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ose. 
‘o®s in the atmosphere than the common gray 
^ In England, France, and Germany, they have 
Of long ago domesticated. Button, in his account 
*his bird, observes, “ witliin these few years, many 
