"If those ain't geese, I'm mistaken,--out there on that gravel-flat, waddling along.

Ain't those geese ?" Wild-geese they were, or, as some call them, Canada geese; nearly as large as our domestic geese, and of a gray slate-color.

They did not seem to fear our approach much.

We walked quietly up to fifty yards.
"I'll take that big gander," I said.
"All right," quoth Weymouth.

"I'll take a goose." We fired at them with a careful aim.