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CHAPTER XXIX. 
BRANT, OR BRENT GOOSE. 
Are they Hutchin’s Geese ?—Nomenclature of the goose family—Old 
honkers—Hunted same as Canada Geese. 
CHAPTER XXX. 
TRUMPETER SWAN. 
Strangers in the West—Largest of wild fowl—Spotless white—Syno- 
nyms of grace—Known for ages—Antony and Cleopatra—On the 
Mississippi—Delighted hunter—Two birds—Habits—How to ap- 
proach them—Their flight—'Their cries. 
CHAPTER XXXI. 
CANADA GOOSE SHOOTING. 
Their ancestry—Known in England centuries ago—In ancient Rome 
—Where they breed—Migrate in spring--Still go northward to 
Arctic Sea—Easily domesticated—Love home of adoption—Are long 
lived—-At 80 years of age mischievous—An old gander—What he 
may have seen—How they are shoton the Mississippiand Missouri 
Rivers—Profile decoys—How they are made——Dress warm—How 
to load for geese—Artificial goose-calls—deceptive in speed—In the 
Mississippi among floating ice—How to scull them there—How 
they act on approach of scull-boat—Blinds on sand-bars—On a bar 
in the Missouri river—By moon-light—In Nebraska, on the Platte 
River-Regularity of going and returning to feeding grounds— 
Where they feed—Shooting from pits in stubble-fields—A cold 
blustering morning—Tenacity of life—The prairies—An army of 
Geese—Their encampment—A thousand gray bodies—A narrow 
escape—Our blind a success—Calling geese to decoys—How they 
come from vast heights—Two pair--"tShake’’—Our visitor—He 
stut-stut-stutters—But knows all about the geese—4° below zero—A 
fool goose—Words of truth derived from experience. 
CHAPTER XXXII. 
BOATS. 
Hunter should own one—Advantages in having a boat—Checkmated 
without one—Mallards just across the stream—Oh, for a boat or a 
raft !—The great desideratum—Safety—A hunting boat and not a 
skiff—For general use—Caught in the swift flood--A maélstrom, 
but we laugh at danger--The boat as a companion—Short of length 
—How it looks—Sits lows, but not a drop comes in—Surprised na- 
tives—Freedom of the village—Skill required to build a boat—What 
one costs—Good after 20 years use--Watch the wagon stakes—Are 
you a farmer ?—Ditferent kinds of boats—How to make a boat. 
