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CHAPTER II. 



SOME HAUNTS OF THE SNIPE. 



I NOW propose to accompany the reader on 

 a "snipe-walk," for the express purpose of 

 ascertaining some of the haunts where It may 

 reasonably be expected to find birds at any 

 time. I say "expected," for any more de- 

 finite word might involve me in a responsi- 

 bility I must decline to incur ; and I say 

 "some," because very likely, when you have 



