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TREE-GOOSE. 
it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the hill ; in 
short space after, it cometh to full maturitie, and 
falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and 
groweth to a fowl bigger than a Mallard, and lesser 
than a Goose, which the people in Lancashire call 
by no other name than a Tree-Goose; which place 
aforesaid, and all those parts adjoining, do so much 
abound therewith, that one of the best is bought for 
three-pence/' So fully convinced was the sage 
Gerard of the “truth hereof/ 3 that he closes his 
account with an invitation to all who doubted the 
fact, to apply to him. “ If any doubt, may it please 
them to repair unto me, and I shall satisfie them by 
the testimonie of good witnesses/ 3 These shells are 
represented in the annexed figure. 
bernacle goose-sheet,,, ( Lepas anatifera.) 
Of Swans we have three sorts : one our well-known 
tame species ; the two others wild, called Hooper, 
W hooper, or Whistling Swans, from their loud, 
hoarse, and shrill cry, which has been expressed by 
whoogh , whoogh ; but harsh as this cry is, it is far 
from disagreeable when heard at a distance, and 
