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CHAPTER XXXIV. 
OUTFITS, BLINDS, DECOYS AND DUCK-CALLS. 
Now that the beginner has waded through the 
labyrinth of guns, and the most approved manner of 
using them to advantage, let us wander still farther 
up the scale of wild-fowl shooting, and clothe him in 
garments suitable for hisavocation. His clothes must be 
devoid of conspicuity, but gotten for the express purpose 
of answering what they are intended for. A duck hunt- 
er dressed for the swamps is not inan artistic sense, a 
“thing of beauty ”’ 
void of personal charms, but there is a look of inferiority 
about him that his friends notice, and he is apt to appre- 
ciate. While this is true, he should shake off all feelings 
of pride, and be dressed properly for his destined place . 
that in the swamp and in the timber, style and fit are of 
no consequence ; and that the sun will shine as warmly, 
the birds sing as merrily, the winds blow as gently, the 
rice stalks nod as cordially to him in his old, faded, ill- 
fitting suit as if he were dressed in the neatest clothies. 
Besides, he will be a great deal more comfortable, and 
having his war armor on, will occasionally slip and take 
a header in the mud with the utmost complacency. 
What kind of material his clothes are made of, depends 
on his own taste and the depth of his pocket-book. It 
; on the contrary, he is not only de- 
