THE CANADA GOOSE. 
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generally taken away ; and it is said that the male, in this 
extremity, furnishes the third quantity of down from his 
own breast; but if the cruel robbery be a third time 
repeated, they abandon the place altogether. 
One female, during the whole time of laying, generally 
gives half a pound of down ; and we are told, that, in the 
year 1750, the Iceland Company sold as much of this article, 
as amounted to three thousand seven hundred and forty-five 
banco dollars, besides what was directly sent to Gluckstadt. 
The down from dead birds is little esteemed, having lost its 
elasticity. 
These birds associate together in flocks, generally in deep 
water, diving for shell-fish, which constitute their principal 
food. They frequently retire to the rocky shores to rest, 
particularly on the appearance of an approaching storm. 
They are numerous on the coast of Labrador, and are occa- 
sionally seen in winter as far south as the Capes of Dela- 
ware. Their flesh is esteemed by the inhabitants of Green- 
land, but tastes strongly of fish. 
THE CANADA GOOSE. ( Anas Canadensis .) 
This (says Wilson) is the Common Wild Goose of the 
United States, universally known over the whole country; 
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