

CHAPTER XXII. 



WILD-FOWL SHOOTING. 



"But hark! what sound is that approaching near? 

 ♦Down close!' The wild ducks come, and, darting down, 

 Throw up on every side the troubled wave, 

 Then gayly swim around with idle play." 



THIS AMUSEMENT IN AMERICA. 



. yp ILD-FOWL shooting, though not as popu- 

 '^ lar or folloAved with the same zest by the 

 sportsmen of America as it is by those 

 - ' of England and other countries, is never- 

 theless every season attracting increased 

 ' attention to its real merits as a manly 

 ^:^ - and exciting sport; and no doubt, as 

 the conveniences for visiting our bay 

 and sea-shores become more widely diiFused throughout*'the various 

 portions of our Atlantic States, by the opening of new steam- 

 boat and railroad routes, our pleasure-loving and novelty-seeking 



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