. Les oiseaux à travers les années . brouillard, pluie, ou neige tardive, ils se sont mis dans, ils becamelier et perplés, et ont cherché l'eau libre, si on pouvait trouver, dans près-par lac ou ruisseau. Ma maison de petit garçon était sur la rive de l'Androscog-gin River, et une fois que la glace sortait, nous avons vu cinq de ces grands oiseaux sur un gâteau flottant avec le cur-rent, tranquillement makingleurs toilettes matinales bien qu'ils aient mangé à la maison. Parfois, l'Oies asolophysaires wouldbe trouvé paddlingabout dans quelques orfles ou de Foucault. Cela toujours inspiredus pour faire sortir le pistolet de chargement oldmuzzle, fait plus de aflintlock, l'onlyWeapon de

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. Birds through the years . fog, rain, or late snow set in, they becameweather-bound and bewildered, and sought open water, ifsuch could be found, in near-by lake or stream. My boyhood home was on the bank of the Androscog-gin River, and once when the ice was going out, we sawfive of these greatbirds on a cake float-ing down with the cur-rent, quietly makingtheir morning toiletsas though they wereat home. At times asolitary Goose wouldbe found paddlingabout in some shel-tered cove or eddy.This always inspiredus to bring out the oldmuzzle-loading gun, made over from aflintlock, the onlyweapon of offense wepossessed. But itsdeafening roar merely stimulated the bird to immediate flight, for we never, asI remember, harmed one. Sometimes during the night or in thick weather, con-fused as to their course and unable to find water, they set-tle in the fields or pastures; but with daylight and clearingskies their flight is continued in the same wedge-shapedformation. During the migration of Geese the position at the point. C;.AD. (iOOSK. 40 BIRDS THROUGH THE YEAR of the wedge is taken by an old traveler, who guides theflock during the journey. If he is killed, or in any wayinjured, the flock is thrown into confusion and at oncecomes to earth to reorganize. Bat as soon as a new leaderis chosen they take wing again, for the call is strong andthey dislike delay. The flight of these birds is a remarkable example of theworking of that force which we are pleased to call instinct.What a strange power it is that stirs them to leave theircomfortable quarters down on the shores of the Gulf ofMexico, and set out for the distant North when that re-gion is still locked in the icy chains of winter, and the onlyopen water is the sea ! They cover a journey of severalthousand miles, but they come and go as surely as thoughthey carried chart and compass. In later years I had the opportunity of observingthe spring migration of the birds farther south, inthe vicinity of New York city and else

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