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GAME SHOAL-WATER FOWL. 



reader an idea of what may be done in this 

 sport, I subjoin a memorandum of shooting done 

 by a friend of the author, Mr. F. Kimble, a 

 genuine duck-shooter, during the spring of 1872, 

 all with a single-barrelled muzzle-loading gun, 9 

 gauge. Not over three ducks were killed at any 

 one shot, and nearly all singly : 



Feb. 27, killed 70 ducks. 



Mar. 9, killed 82 ducks. 



" 10, " 60 " 



" 12, '' 128 " 



" 13, didn't slioot. 



" 14, killed 122 ducks. 



" 15, " 70 " 



" 16, " 68 " 



'' 28, " 74 



'' 29, " 81 

 Mar. 1, " 76 



" 2, *' 106 



" 3, " 61 



" 4, didn't shoot. 



*' 5, killed 66 ducks. 



** 6, '' 107 " 



7, " 57 " Total, 1,365 



** 8, *' 65 

 Total 17 days' shooting, 1,365 ducks, and 5 brant 

 not included in memorandum. Ilis ammunition 

 gave out almost every day. Not expecting to find 

 such a large amount of game, the party he was 

 with took but little with them, and the " store- 

 keeper" at the little town near by would order 

 only a keg or so of powder at a time, and then 

 would not sell it all to one person at any price, 

 for fear of offending others. 



