OF BIRDS. 
171 
GOOSE. 
The Goose, in its domestic state, exhibits 
a variety of colours. These birds are so dif- 
ferent in outward appearance to tile swan, 
that they seem to exist at the furthest extre- 
mities of the chain in tile natural order of 
filings. Stupidity in her looks, uncouthness 
in her walk, and heaviness in her flight, are 
•tie principal -characteristics of the Goose, 
nut why should wc dwell upon those defects 1 
they ure not such in the great scale of the 
creation. As their food is simple, so their 
tusli is nourishing end wholesome. The 
mvan was considered ns a high delicacy 
ivith the ancients : the Goose was sustained 
ltom , as totally indigestible Modern mun- 
iii’i's have inverted tastes ; the Goose is now 
become the favourite, and the sWan is seldom 
brought to table unless for the purpose of 
ostentation. 
