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as well as of the trees on which they have 
°tie r °°sted. Flocks have been known to resort to 
li'^Pot for a succession of years, and to return after a 
"t emigration in search of food. Their roosting 
H 1!i mostly on a point of land, jutting into a river, 
«t there are large trees. When they have collected 
t>[. Ie signal of a repeated gobbling, they silently 
(s^-ed towards their nocturnal abodes, and per 'ch near 
'ti„ °ther : from the numbers sometimes congregated 
Df jj place, it would seem to be the common rendezvous 
(m * " hole neighbourhood. But no position, however 
or difficult of access, cau secure them from the 
of the artful and vigilant hunter, who, when 
l'i',.';,. 4lre <dl quietly perched for the night, takes a stand 
S^'m.dy chosen by daylight, and, when the rising 
■it | ! enables him to take sure aim, shoots them down 
V“ure, aud, by carefully singling out those on the 
Vp r inches, first, he may secure nearly the whole 
of i "either the presence of the hunter, nor the report 
^ gun intimidating the turkeys, although the 
t^uce of a single owl would be sufficient to alarm 
(^"’hole troop: the dropping of their companions 
M,i .'heir sides excites nothing but a buzzing noise, 
tljj ' ‘ s eems more expressive of surprise than fright. 
| m ‘ ‘aiiciod security, or heedlessness of danger, while 
iif v (, st> is characteristic of ali the gallinaceous birds 
- ri 0rt h America. 
Htj e more common mode of taking turkeys is by 
pens, constructed with logs, covered in at top, 
ju st j" u h a passage in the earth under one side of it, 
t| le '"'S e enough to admit an individual when stooping. 
S^und chosen for this purpose is generally sloping', 
"Utvvr passage is cut on the lower side, widening 
Cor-j ^' d s- These preparations being completed, Indian 
18 strewed for some distance around the pen, to 
gr a ,j l: , tl>e flock, which, picking up the grain, is 
6t, c i Uud y led towards the passage, and thence into the 
t, ‘"■'Hire, where a sufficient quantity of corn is spread 
Vr Up y the leader until the greater part of the turkeys 
watered. When they raise their heads and discover 
