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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER V. 
SHOOTING MALLARDS FROM A SCULL-BOAT ON THE MISSISSIPPI. 
A successful way—The weather—One brief day—Something new for 
you—A distinguished guest—The dog left, home—The start—Banks 
of the Mississippi—-An ideal day—Our boat—Look at her!—Un- 
broken bluffs——*t Dark shute ??—Trimming the boat—-A particular 
man—A splendid duck country—Didn’t you see him ?—A drake 
Hurrah! Got four—In the overflow—Thousands of mallards— 
A neat double—See them get up!—Blue-bills in the lake—A_ teal— 
Ila! Ha!--Coffee and lunch—My solace—‘‘ Eyes of deepest blue” 
—Scientifie sculling—In the river—Wandering thoughts—See them 
drop from the clouds—-A canvas-back--A prying blue-bill—My old 
friends— ‘Trees of the forest”—‘* Turkey Slough’’—Tired out— 
“ Ah-unk!”’—A Canada goose for dessert—Anegry bluffs—Lyonus— 
Fulton— A sandbar—Electrie light on the river—A light in the 
window—Our welcome home. 
CHAPTER VI. 
CORN-FIELD MALLARD SHOOTING, 
The day—A dreary morning—Blinds of corn stalks—How to decoy 
them. 
CHAPTER VII. 
SHOOTING MALLARDS IN A SNOW-STORM. 
The start—A Bright morning—Sudden approach of the storm— 
Howling winds and drifting snow—Grit—All quiet in the timber— 
Where to find them during a snow storm—An amateur—Their re- 
sort—Harry makes frequent misses—Will not hold ahead—Broken 
promises—Disgusted with duecks—Hits a crow-—Holds ahead and 
kills—Encouraged by his success in downing the crow—Pathetic 
and eloquent—Neighborly kindness—Finale, two hunters and a 
dog. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
WILSON SNIPE—JACK-SNIPE. 
The hunter’s delight—Uncertainty of finding them—To-day here; 
to-morrow there ?—When they come—How they come—An invita- 
tion accepted—An insult—A 103 1b. gun for snipe—Oh!—A 7 1-4 1b. 
gun—Ah !—My dog—Ned’s idea of a snipe day--Down wind—An 
ideal spring day—'t Scaipe! Scaipe!’’—A_ perfect retriever—Where 
they bored-—-Zig-zag, a clean miss—Dislocated—Up in the clouds, 
what they do—Poor Ned! Only a slip—A dog to point; a dog to 
retrieve, which ?—Difticulty in finding a dead snipe—A scent—He 
moves, he halts, he creeps, he stands entranced—Too much for 
Ned—Splendid! Grand !—Ned’s apology—Where snipe are found— 
How to hit them—A gimlet of life—The vernal season. 
