204 GAME-BIRDS AT HOME. 



lengthens, swerv^es and rises, and not even a 

 feather comes whiffling down. Here comes 

 another flock so close that we see the dark vests 

 and snowy underclothes pictured in the smooth 

 water betVv^een them and us. In abiding confi- 

 dence we open a full battery upon them, yet the 

 only result is a whirl of white and black, a 

 clamor of hoarse throats, and increased speed in 

 the departing line. 



