FOOLS AND GOLDEN EGOS.
A hen that lays'golden eggs is only fond in fairy tales, but a real bird's egg may bo worth many times its weight in gold. The other day a bird's egg collector stated t^nt h© had sold a Great Auk's egg to Lord Rothschild for £350. He had originally asked £500 for this solitary egg. This enormous prico was got because the Great Auk is now" extinct, having become extinct because large prices could bo got for its eggs! Nearly as big as a, goose, but with little, useless wings, the Great Auk was an easy,.prey, like the penguin. Except in size.it resembled its cousin, the razor-bill, , which is, still with us. It was found in Icelandic waters and in the Hebrides, but the last seen in British waters was captured in 1821 or 1522. Like the fool in the fable, the dealers have killed the goose that laid the golden eggs! ___C_a__3-g-__l-_3_^^
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 17, 21 July 1928, Page 15
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