THE WILD GOOSE. 85

gabbling tribe, at the call of their leader,
they ascend with loud cries, and fly in
the form of the letter >. Early in Octo-
ber, they arrive on the coast of the Eastern
and Middle States. The inhabitants of the
shores of Hudson’s Bay depend upon the
geese for a supply of winter provisions,
and they kill a great number. These are
obtained chiefly by ambuscade and decoy;
bough huts being made by the Indians
in lines over the marshes they frequent
to feed. By mimicking their call, the
geese are brought within the gunner’s
range. The deception is often carried out
still further by setting dead birds on
sticks. Thus in a single day, a native
will kill two hundred geese.