A TUNISIAN GANDER.
ITO THE EDITOR OP THE s sescraseese Syr.,—With reference to the letter signed " G." in your issue of the 10th inst., when living some years ago in Tunis I possessed a gander both wiser and better than " G.'s," which began by stealing the goslings of another gander--as the gypsies whom wo used to read about stole rffole children--then in fits of foolish and wicked jealousy used to beat with its wings " H.-- " (presumably a benefactress) mast fiercely for being kind to his wife, and finally deprived his owners of a good and succulent dish—for those who like it—by going on hunger strike when his wife died. My gander had a better record ; for when he lost his mate he devoted himself to good works and acted as the benevolent policeman of the poultry yard. He never allowed any fighting, and if two cocks began to spar he would waddle up and, in an amiable but most authoritative way, separate them with his long neck, giving each a gentle but definite tap with his beak, as an earnest of what might happen if any more quarrelling went on. This was always effective, and my poultry yard became consequently an abode of pease and a model to all the neighbouring seraglios, Mussulman or poultry.—I am,
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