3 TRE NATURAL HISTORY 
hands of theRomans,, ‘The Gauls attempted o. 
climb up the walls in the night; but fome Geefe, 
that were in the Capitol, heard them, and gave | 
the alarm. The Romans immediately puthed 
down the Gauls 5 fo that the greateft city in the 
world was once faved by a few Geefe, 
The tame Geofe breeds but once in a years 
but if the eggs be conftantly taken away, mee 
will lay enough for three broods, 
There are many kinds of Geefe, the Brent 
Goole, the Bernacle, the Bean Goofe, the grey — 
lag Goofe, and the white fronted Gooles: the 
“Shield Drake is a beautiful bird of the Goofe kind, | 
- the bill is broad, and of a bright red, it fwells into \ 
a knob at its bafe; the forehead is flattened, the 
head, and upper part of the neck, are of a fine 
_ blackifh green, the lower part of the neck white, 
and the upper part-of the back an orange bay, 
Shield Drakes inhabit the fea-coafts, and breed j in 
-rabbit-holes ; when any body goes to take their 
young, they pretend to fly along as though they 
were wounded, that he may run after them; this 
gives their young ones time to get away, For 
‘this reafon they were called Fox Geefe, They 
lay fifteen or fixteen eggs, and in winter they fy 
together in great Aocks, Sometimes they. will 
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