A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . rn yard,and just at that moment, their leader, happening to sound bis bugle note,our o-oose, in whom its new habits had not quite extinguished the love ofliberty, and remembering the well-known sound, spread its wings, mountedinto the air, joined the travellers,
A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . rn yard,and just at that moment, their leader, happening to sound bis bugle note,our o-oose, in whom its new habits had not quite extinguished the love ofliberty, and remembering the well-known sound, spread its wings, mountedinto the air, joined the travellers, and soon disappeared. In the succeedingautumn, the wild geese, as usual, returned from the northward, in greatnumbers, to pass the winter in our bays and rivers. Mr. Piatt happenedto be standing in his yard, when a flock passed directly over his barn. Atthat instant, he observed three geese detach themselves from the rest, andafter wheeling round several times, alight in the middle of the yard. Im-agine his surprise and pleasure, when, by certain well-remembered signs,he recognised in one of the three his long-lost fugitive. It was she indeed!She had travelled many hundred miles to the lakes ; had there hatchedand reared her offspring; and had now returned with her little family, toshare with them the sweets of civilized Wild Sivan.—This bird is found widely spread over the whole of thenorthern continent. During the winter, great numbers of them resort tothe Chesapeak bay, and whilst there, form collections of from one to five touch any other kind, so refined is their taste. I have seen severe contests take placebetween crippled canvass-backs andgulls, and although a pounce or two generallyprevents further resistance, sometimes they are driven off. If the bird is remarkablysavory, the gull makes such a noise, that others are soon collected, when possession isdetermined by courage or strength.—Dcmghtys Cabinet. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 219 hundred on the flats near the we
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