GUINEA, OR SWAN GOOSE. 
Of the Goose tribes we shall select, for de- 
scription, only the Barnacle Goose, and the 
Guinea, or Swan Goose. Various fabulous ac- 
counts are given of the Barnacle Goose. Some 
authors have asserted, that the birds are pro- 
duced from shells which grow on the bottoms 
of ships that have been long at sea, and on 
wood that has remained for a considerable time 
in the water : others have stated, very gravely, 
that the Barnacle Goose grew on trees ; that 
the fruit fell into the water, when ripe, and be- 
came living birds. Barnacle Geese are found 
in the temperate regions in hard winters ; but 
they depart, with numbers of other water-fowl, 
at the approach of spring, to breed in more 
northern latitudes. 
The Guinea, or Swan Goose, is remarkable 
for the proud and erect carriage of its body. 
It has a knob of considerable size on the base 
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