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T, tact Pin ee ARS Ne DE 77
le&ted from a duck of that name, to be found only in the
northern climes. The Down, is of fuch value when in
its purity, that itis fold for two rix-dollars per pound,
It is extremely foft and warm, and fo light and apt to ex-
pand that two handfulls fqueezed together are fufficient
to fill a Down Quilt, which is a covering like a feather
bed ufed inthofe cold countries inftead of a common
quilt or blanket.
I muft not forget to mention thé Jo-Fugl, a bird re-
markable for robbing other birds of their prey, which he
is too lazy to look out for himfelf. If he cannot intimt-
date them by his cry or appearance, he ftrikes them with
his bill fo violently on the back, as to caufe them to drop
their excrement which he catches as it falls,
The Alk isa bird of the fize of a {mall goofe: it will
dive twenty fathoms deep in purfuit of herrings, and has
fometimes been drawn up by a fifh-hook from that depth,
The Scary or Loomisa very fingular aquatic bird, about
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