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[Feb. 26, 1910. 
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HUNTING IN AFRICA 
Shooting parties outfitted and guided in 
Rhodesia. Best English and American refer¬ 
ences. Abundance of Big Game. Address 
WILLIAM FINAUGHTY, JR.. 
Bulawayo, Rhodesia. 
groomed by an expert barber. Tis seal-like 
head and small eyes gave the appearance of 
gross ignorance, but a motion toward him soon 
showed he was quite an intelligent creature. He 
dived quickly among the rocks and under¬ 
growth that prohibited pursuit by man. He 
then disappeared among the rocks after being 
in view at a distance of twenty feet for about 
a minute. The body of a small red squirred 
was found not far from the place, and it is sup¬ 
posed that he was a martyr to the hunger of 
the mink. 
Further on toward the bridge over Walnut 
lane another animal was seen, larger than the 
mink and of a lighter brown color. He was in 
too great a hurry to allow prolonged inspec¬ 
tion and he disappeared among the rocks. An 
artist who saw the animal said it was a marten. 
Both these residents along the banks of the 
creek are strangers to the park guards, who 
are familiar with squirrels, rabbits and chip¬ 
munks. They say that if the animals are not 
the work of a nature faker they mark a return 
of species indigenous to the historic creek, 
who were thought to have been exterminated 
long ago, when trappers ranged the stream in 
search of pelts.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. 
HUNTING IN FLORIDA. 
Birds, Turkey, Cat, Fox, etc., on plantation. Not far 
from Duck, Deer and Bear. Good board and beds, 
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Furnishing first-class accommodations, guides, livery, 
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Dr. H. L. ATKINS, Ooydtom, Va. 
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA 
Brown, Black and Glacier Bear Hunting. Write early 
for spring of 1910. 
A. HASSELBORG - Juneau, Alaska 
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Contents: Sketch of President Roosevelt; Wilderness 
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The Kadiak Bear and His Home, W. Lord Smith; The 
Mountain Sheep and Its Range, Geo. Bird Grinnell; 
Preservation of the Wild Animals of North America, 
Henry Fairfield Osborn; Distribution of the Moose, 
Madison Grant; The Creating of Game Refuges Alden 
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THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE GOOSE. 
The peculiarities and intelligence of geese has 
been the subject of many an interesting tale. 
Some of these anecdotes are scarcely cred¬ 
ible, yet those who have kept and studied the 
nature of geese are ready to accept almost any 
tale that may be told of them. 
Morris relates a number of instances where 
ganders have become the inseparable com¬ 
panions of their masters, following them about 
the fields on hunting expeditions, and into the 
streets of a town, like the .most devoted dog. 
The same writer also relates how faithfully 
a gander discharged the self imposed duty of 
guardian and guide to an old blind woman. 
Whenever she went to church he directed her 
footsteps into safe paths by taking hold of her 
gown with his bill, and during the service he 
nipped the grass in the cemetery close by, 
until she required his services as a guide to re¬ 
turn home. 
Another incident is told that is said to have 
occurred in a town in Pennsylvania. A man 
was playing an accordian when it was noticed 
that the pet goose on the place became fairly 
intoxicated with the music. He kept excellent 
time with his feet all the time the music con¬ 
tinued. Noticing the bird’s liking for it, the 
man repeated the tunes time and again, the 
bird each time showing its appreciation. 
The writer one day was driving with an old- 
time resident along a country road in Massa¬ 
chusetts, when an old lady was noticed coming 
along closely followed by an old gander. When 
the lady stopped to talk to a passerby, the 
gander would also stop and look up into the 
face of the stranger all the while lie or she was 
talking, just as though it understood every word 
that was spoken. The bird’s whole life seemed 
to be wrapped up in the affections of that old 
lady, and they were inseparable companions. 
Our companion informed us that this gander 
would lie in front of the house perfectly con¬ 
tented so long as the old lady was indoors 
doing her work, but the moment she appeared 
ready for a walk the bird would greet her with 
a peculiar cry and walk closely by her side. 
Geese are ever on the watch, becoming 
veritable watch dogs during the day and night. 
The approach of a stranger is the signal for 
shrilling yells which cannot be mistaken. It 
was this trait of watchfulness that gave the 
geese credit as early as 388 B. C. for saving 
Rome from surprise and capture. 
Geese are long lived, some instances being 
reported where they attained a great age. In 
1859, a goose was exhibited at the New Jersey 
State Fair, and her history, on a placard tacked 
on the coop, read as follows: 
“Madam Goose is now owned by Robert 
Schomp, of Reading, Hunterdon County, N. T. 
She has been in his possession twenty-five 
years, and was given to him by his grandfather, 
Major H. G. Schomp. Robert’s father is now 
in his eighty-fifth year, and this goose was a 
gift to his mother as a part of her marriage 
outfit. The mate of Madam Goose was killed 
in the Revolutionary War, being rode over by 
a troop of cavalry. In the spring of 1857 she 
laid six eggs, three of which were hatched and 
goslings raised. In 1858 she made seven nests 
and laid but two eggs, evidence perhaps of 
failing facilities. Her eyes are becoming dim, 
one having almost entirely failed. The year 
of her birth cannot be known, but she remains 
a representative of the olden time.” 
Nearly thirty years ago William Rankin, a 
noted breeder of geese, purchased in Rhode 
Island a wild gander which had been owned by 
one family some fifty years. A member of the 
family had wounded the gander by firing into 
a flock of wild geese, breaking his wing. The 
gander recovered from his injury, and was kept 
for that number of years, without, however, 
mating with other geese. Several years ago 
it was reported that he was still alive, doing 
service as a decoy bird during the gunning sea¬ 
son, and highly valued by his owner, although 
at least seventy-five years old. 
Mr. Rankin cites the instance of a goose 
owned in Boxford, Mass., where it was the 
property of one family for iox years, and was 
then killed by the kick of a horse. She had laid 
fifteen eggs and was sitting on them when a 
horse approached too near the nest; she rushed 
off, in defence of her eggs, seizing the animal 
by the tail, and was killed by a kick from him. 
In former times it was not uncommon for 
the farmer’s daughter, on her wedding day, to 
receive, among other gifts, a goose from the 
old homestead, to become her property and ac¬ 
company her to her new home. In some in¬ 
stances such geese were kept for many years, 
perhaps far beyond the life of the young lady 
to whom it was presented. 
Ganders occasionally take very peculiar 
freaks, such as conceiving a violent attachment 
for some inanimate object as a door, stone, a 
cartwheel, a plow, or something of a similar 
nature, that they will spend the greater part of 
their time sitting beside it or in its company. 
Should the gander be separated from his 
mate and placed with another, he will seldom 
accept the new one so long as the old mate is 
anywhere within hearing distance, and even 
when entirely removed from the premises, it 
frequently takes some time before he will be¬ 
come reconciled to his new mate.—American 
Cultivator. 
RABBITS A PEST IN GENESEE VALLEY. 
The fruit grower of the Genesee valley looks 
upon the growth of the rabbit tribe with appre¬ 
hension, and it is with good reason. Many 
instances of the work of the little pest have oc¬ 
curred lately. Only a short time ago damage 
to the extent of over $70 was done on the Wil¬ 
son McNair farm, where the rabbits had en¬ 
trenched themselves along the fences and made 
systematic raids on the pear trees there, gnaw¬ 
ing away every vestige of the bark around the 
roots and killing not a few promising trees. 
Practically all of the valuable Bismarck ap¬ 
ples have been destroyed on the Youngs farm. 
The Sweet nurseries, several miles up the valley, 
are encountering almost daily trouble from 
rabbits which persist in burrowing into the 
cold storage. Were the holes left by accident 
any length of time, thousands of dollars of 
damage would have been done. On one oc¬ 
casion this winter over a dozen of the trouble¬ 
some animals were killed at the storage plant, 
yet their numbers seem to continually increase 
instead of diminish.—Rochester Post Express. 
AUSTRALIAN RABBITS. 
The rabbit pest in Australia seems likely to 
prove a source of industry, as tables show that 
during the past five years 41,423,000 frozen rab¬ 
bits were exported from Victoria, most of them 
to England; also 98,242,000 rabbit skins. 
Rabbit-skin exports to the United States rose 
from a value of $2,754 in 1904 to $243,382 in 
1908. 
