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tied as a lafli, and a hook is fixed at the other : 
with the former, of which the Geefe feem much 
afraid, they are excited forward ; and with the lat- 
ter, fuch as attempt to flray, are caught by the 
neck and kept in order ; or if lame, they are put 
into an hofpital cart^ which ufually follows each 
large drove. In this manner they perform their 
joumies from diftant parts, and are faid to get for- 
ward at the rate of eight or ten miles in a day, from 
three in the morning till nine at night : thofe which 
become fatigued are fed with oats, and the reft with 
barley. 
It is univerfally believed that the Goofe lives to 
a great age, and particular inftances are recorded 
by ornithologifts, which confirm the fa£t : fome are 
mentioned which have been kept feventy years ; and 
Willoughby notices one which lived eighty years. 
They are, however, feldom permitted to live out 
their natural life, being fold with the younger ones 
long before they approach that period. The old 
ones are called cagmags^ and are bought only by 
novices in market-making ; for, from their tough* 
nefs, they are utterly unfit for the table. 
The Tame Goofe lays from feven to twelve eggs, 
and fometimes more : thefe the careful houfewife 
divides equally ammng her brood Geefe, when they 
begin to fit. Thofe of her Geefe which lay a fecond 
time in the courfe of the fummer, are feldom^ if 
ever, permitted to have a fecond hatching 5 but the 
