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be rented by the fowlers ; and Pennant instances a season 

 in wliicli 31,200 Duck, Teal and Wigeon, were sold in 

 London only, from ten of these decoys near Wainfleet, in 

 Lincolnshire. Even in a recent year, as the Editor is in- 

 formed by Mr. Cordeaux, 6,321 Duck and Teal were taken 

 at the Ashby Decoy, and of these 2,300 in thirty-one days. 



Two illustrations, reduced in size, from designs which 

 appeared in the Penny Magazine, of February 1835, exhibit 

 the screens, the net, and the mode of proceeding, and will 

 enable the reader, with a short description, to understand 

 the process. 



The wild birds are enticed from that portion of the lake 

 near the wide open mouth of the tunnel by means of the 

 dog, the decoy Ducks, and the corn used in feeding them, 

 till the decoyman has worked them sufficiently up the pipe 

 to enable him to show himself at one of the openings 

 between the wild birds and the entrance from the lake, the 

 oblique position of the reed screens enabling all the birds 

 in the pipe to see him, while none that are on the lake can. 

 The wild-fowl that are in sight hasten forward, their retreat 



