

OF BIRDS ¢ 
The gofherds pull off the feathers from the 
eefe four or five times a year; which is very 
cruel: for befides hurting them, if the weather 
fhould be cold, many of them die. We ufe their 
quills for pens, and their feathers in our beds and 
pillows. . 
Whilft the tame goofe fits, the gander vifits ; 
her twice or three times a day; and fometimes 
takes her place: and after fhe has hatched, he 
walks about with her and the goflings, and feems 
as if he would attack any thing that may come 
near them. 
All geefe, both wild and tame, have a white 
ring round their tails: wild geefe fly very high, 
and moftly in aline; their cry is fometimes heard 
when they are at fo great a height, as icarcely to 
be feen. Where there is a flock of geefe, one 
always watches, whilft the reft fleep; and that 
he may not forget himfelf, he ftands upon one 
leg, and fo they watch by turns: if that goofe 
that is watching, hears any noife, he makes a 
cackling, and awakens the reft, 
Rome is the capital of Italy, and was once the 
firft city in the world: the Gauls wanted to take 
it, and they had burnt and deftroyed many of 
the buildings; but the Capitol, which wasa large 
fortrefs, (or place of defence) was ftill in the 
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