 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pages
...state. -Our common Tame Goose is nothing more thap this species in a state of domestication. These birds are no where kept in such vast quantities as in the...there having as many as a thousand breeders. They arc bred for the sake of their quills and feathers, foe which they arc stripped while alive, once in... | |
 | Mary Trimmer - 1825 - 278 pages
...state of domestication. It is sometimes found white, though much more frequently verging to gray ; and it is a dispute among men of taste, which should...of their quills and feathers ; for which they are stripped while alive, once in the year for their quills, and no less than h'v,e times for the feathers... | |
 | 1829 - 494 pages
...and the very pen I hold in my hand was plucked from her wing. These birds are kept in vast quantities in the fens of Lincolnshire; several persons there having as many as a thousand breeders. They breed in general only once a year, but if well kept they sometimes hatch twice in a season. During... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 pages
...all turned to account. S 157 In this island, these birds are nowhere kept in greater quantities than in the fens of Lincolnshire, several persons there having as many as a thousand breeders. They are stripped once a-year for their quills, and no fewer than five times for the feathers. The first plucking... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 pages
...a state of domestication. It is sometimes found white, though much more frequently verging to gray; and it is a dispute among men of taste, which should...sake of their quills and feathers; for which they are stripped while alive, once in the year for their quills, and no less than five times for the feathers:... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 376 pages
...state of domestication. It is sometimes found white, though much more frequently verging to gray ; and it is a dispute among men of taste, which should...such vast quantities as in the fens of Lincolnshire in England ; several person there having as many as a thousand breeders. They bred for the sake of... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 358 pages
...and profit, and are no where kept in such vast quantities as in the fens of Lincolnshire in England ; several persons there having as many as a thousand...of their quills and feathers ; for which they are stripped while alive, once in the year for their quills, and no less than five times for the feathers... | |
 | John C. Bennett - 1850 - 340 pages
...advantage by themselves, when you have collected a sufficient weight. Geese are kept in vast quantities in the fens of Lincolnshire, several persons there...are bred for the sake of their quills and feathers, as well as for their carcass ; it is therefore customary to strip them partially of the fine downy... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1850 - 630 pages
...and the very pen I hold in my hand was plucked from her wing. These birds are kept in vast quantities in the fens of Lincolnshire; several persons there having as many as a thousand breeders. They breed in general only once a year, but if well kept they sometimes hatch twice in a season. During... | |
 | John C. Bennett - 1851 - 338 pages
...advantage by themselves, when you have collected a sufficient weight. Geese are kept in vast quantities in the fens of Lincolnshire, several persons there...are bred for the sake of their quills and feathers, as well as for their carcass ; it is therefore customary to strip them partially of the fine downy... | |
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The common TAME GOOSE is nothing more than the Wild Goose in a state of domestication. It is sometimes found white, though much more frequently verging to gray; and it is a dispute among men of taste, which should have the preference. These birds, in... 