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CONCERNING LAPLAND, 231
the houfe fparrow, and fome other birds common to other coun-
tries, are not to be met-.with.
The fwan is found amongft the fea-fowls, and taken by the
Laplanders in {nares contrived for the purpofe.
The wild, or, as it is called in Norway, the gray goofe, is a yearly
vifiter in the fummer feafon, and takes up its refidence in the
fmaller uninhabited iflands on the fea-coaft, where it breeds: in
autumn it leaves Finmark, and returns fouthward, accompanied
by its young. In thefe flights the wild geefe are formed into fo
regular a body, as to appear to be conducted by a leader, a fingle
goofe feemingly bringing up the rear. They are obferved to have
particular ftages or refting places in their migration, where they
remain for nights, and fometimes whole days, placing a goofe as
centry, to be on the watch, and give an alarm upon the approach
of anenemy. Notwithftanding the extraordinary warinefs of this
fowl, the Laplanders fhoot great numbers with their pieces, and
take many more by various devices: they are often furprifed in
their retreats, when, owing to their having fhed their wing fea-
thers, they are unable to fly, and become an eafy prey to their
purfuers, who hunt them yearly during the time they remain in
this ftate. There is a variety of this fowl called the Finmark
goofe, which differs both in fize and colour from the wild fort.
Of ducks there is in Finmark a very great diverfity ; amongft
thefe the moft remarkable is the eider duck, called in the language
of Norway, the edder fugi. Thefe are found in large numbers,
and fometimes feen in flocks of athoufand. Their down feathers
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