er BIRDS  & 
The gofherds pull off the feathers from the 
erin four or five times a year; which is very. 
-eruel: 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 7 thing that mye come 
7 8 Sear: 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 fcarcely 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 
- Jee, and fo they watch by turns: if that goofe 
that is watching, hears any noife, he makes a 
| cackling, and awakens the reft, 3 
7 Roni 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 te of defence) was fill in the 
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