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Defense of the Goose

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Feb 27, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 9.

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Defense of the Goose.

It is a great libel, says the sportsman, to accuse a goose of being a silly bird. Even a tame goose shows much instinct and attachment; and were its habits more closely observed, the tame goose would be found to be by no means wanting in general cleverness. Its watchfulness at night time is, and always has been, proverbial; and it certainly is endowed with a strong organ of self preservation. You may drive over dog, cat, hen, or pig; but I defy you to drive over a tame goose. As for wild geese, I know of no animal, biped or quadruped, that is so difficult to deceive or approach. Their sense of hearing, seeing, smelling, are extremely acute; independently of which they appear to act in so organized and cautious a manner when feeding or roosting as to defy all danger.