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WITH XATUJiE AXD A CAMERA. 



turf upon the gTOiind, and, gently twisting one of 

 the dagger-like sticks from the vertical to the 

 horizontal, peeped through the slit in the reeds, 

 and beckoned us to come and look. 



Some two hundred head of wildfowl were to 



DOG'S HOLE. (.SV( /.. 



be seen : a few upon tlu> far bank, at tlie mouth 

 of tlie i)i])e, and in tlie o^xmi water in front of it, 

 but the great majority on tlie ice beyond. Those 

 nearest the })i})e appeared to be full of attention 

 and alertness, whilst those further out were eith(>r 

 preening themselves or sleeping peacefully. In 

 some places they were collected in dark groups, 



