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Show Geese la a Fog. The oddest story of geese in the fog comes from Norfolk, and was told to Mr. Stevenson, the author of "The Birds of Norfolk," by the Bev. H. T. Frere. A large flock of geese were attracted to the town of Diss on a foggy night by the lights, and from the sound of theirvoiees seemed to fly scarcely higher than the tops of the houses. They came about 7 p. m., and, as it was Sunday evening, they appeared to be especially attracted by the lights in the church, and their incessant clamor not a little disturbed the congregation assembled for evening service. From that time until 2 a. m., when the fog cleared off and they departed, they con-tinned con-tinned to fly around utterly bewildered. One bird happened to fly so low as to strike a gas lamp outside the town probably it was flying round the light-just light-just as a policeman was passing by, who very properly, as the bird was making a great noise outside a public house, took it into custody, and the next day it was with equal propriety sent off to a private pri-vate lunatic asylum at Melton, where it livttl for some years an honored guest Spectator. |