DECOY DUCKS. 



twenty to twenty-eight days, during which the female sits on the eggs with the 

 greatest patience and self-devotion, and the ducklings are taken to the water 

 one day after they are hatched. They grow rapidly, and in about six weeks 

 are able to fly. 



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been invented to catch the poor ducks by decoying them into a snare. Some- 

 times tame ducks are trained to watch for a flock, and to allure them into a 

 net that is held open at one end a little like the tilt of a cart. The fowler is 

 close by, and as soon as the net is full enough, he draws the end together, so 

 as to shut it up, and catch all the ducks. 



