But of all whom the stratagem aim’d to seduce,
He could make but two converts—the Gull and the Goose.
The said Goose, with her distant Relation, Goosander,
(As the husband of each was afraid to command her,)
Wore the breeches ... I mean, wore the garb, of the Gander.
The Coot, and the Curlew, the Mallard, and Teal,
(For once, and for ever, their names to conceal,)
To the Razor-bill went with a singular suit—
That the webs he would slit of each membranous foot;
From a cunning conceit that the length of their toes