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which should also be thinner than the other, 

 the corners should be rounded. The tongue is 

 then placed over the grooved half, the round 

 end nearly to the extreme smaller end of the 

 plug, and the tongue completely covering the 

 groove. The other half of the plug should be 

 shortened about an inch and a half from its 

 smaller end, and then being placed on the grooved 

 part, thus holding the tongue fast, both should 

 be pushed firmly into the tubo. By blowing in 

 the other end of the tube the call is produced; 

 the tone, degree of fineness, etc., of which is regu- 

 lated by the shortened half of the plug — moving 

 it in or out as a finer and sharper or lower 

 and coarser note is required. Some little expe- 

 rience and practice is, of course, required to use 

 it correctly. You should always pay particular 

 attention to the different notes of wild fowl, as 

 well as the occasions of their being made — whether 

 as a call (which may be addressed either to a 

 mate or to a flock passing by), a note of wel- 

 come to a flock alighting, an answer to a call, 

 a note of suspicion, or a signal to take wing. 

 The call-notes especially, though also the note of 

 welcome, you should practise whenever you have 

 opportunity. When you hear them made by the 



