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down.” Be patient, keep cool, aim ahead of the 
birds, and keep wide awake. 
On almost any day, from the 25th of August to 
the 10th of September, there are sport and pleasure 
to be had among the wild sand-hills of Montauk; 
and if there has been a north-easterly storm, with 
pitchforks full of rain and caps full of wind, there 
will be such an abundance of birds as only experience 
can conceive of or appreciate. That is an event 
that most of us have yet to wait for. Reader, I 
wish I were sufficiently unselfish to say honestly— 
may you enjoy it first. 
