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stood several coops containing broods of young chickens, that, creeping from under the rails, ran fearlessly about, to the no small alarm and vexation of the poor old hens confined within. One end of this green sloped gently towards a semicircular pond, thickly enclosed on the opposite side with various bushes and shrubs, afford- ing a shady and secure retreat to the water- fowl which delighted to visit it. A beauti- ful brood of goslings were here swimming merrily, catching at the flies and in...sects that frequent the water, accompanied by the parent geese, which stretched out their long necks, uttering very dissonant sounds as the visitors approached ; probably in fear of their young ones being disturbed. " On the edge of the pond, just ready to set off on their first watery frolic, were ten ducklings, the prettiest creatures imagin- MARY GRAY. 115 able, dressed in their infant coats of delicate yellow down. The old duck, their mother, happy to escape from her long confine- ment of four weeks to the nest, and proud to see her patient cares so well rewarded, bustled about with an air of great import- ance, approached the water's edge, calling her young charge around her ; and off they all set, skimming lightly over the surface of the water, almost as bright and as swift as the sunbeams that played amongst the leaves.
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