140 GAME SHOAL WATER FOWL. 



habit of doing. Two dead that shot ! 1 expected 

 to see you kill the other with the second bar- 

 rel. She flew straight up the creek. Why didn't 

 you try if? The surprise of killing both the 

 others with the first barrel took you off your 

 guard, and you didn't think of it, I suppose. 

 But you're doing well enough, any way. It's 

 easier to sit here and tell how than to take 

 yoLir place and do it any better. 



Do you see that low muskrat house there in 

 the edge of the rice 1 Well, remember where it 

 is, and when we come out look out for a shot at 

 a wood-duck there. You will be almost sure to 

 find one. They are very fond of sitting on such 

 places to preen themselves and bask in the sun, 

 and I have jumped many a one from the same 

 place. They are feeding now, and it's only from 

 about nine o'clock in the morning to three in 

 the afternoon that they frequent such places. 



Mark ! Do you see that flock of teal just in 

 the edge of the rice near those lily-pads ? 

 Don't make a motion, and I'll see if I can't 

 steal on them behind that point of rice. Now, 

 watch sharp as we come into view ; if they will 

 wait, give them the first barrel on the water, 

 and don't forget the second one this time. 



