168 GAME SHOAL-WATER FOWL. 



dation which will prevent your sinking in the 

 mud as you walk. It is rather hard work for 

 one not accustomed to vigorous exercise, but in 

 such a place one may travel much quicker in 

 this way than by any other. Your ducks should 

 be pocketed as fjist as recovered, and afterwards 

 deposited in piles at convenient places, when you 

 may then gather them in your game-strap, and 

 take them to the boat. The oar should be used 

 as a cane to steady yourself when carrying the 

 ducks on your shoulder. 



