20 THE BOOK OF DUCK DECOYS. 



shelter, or move from one part of the Decoy to another unobserved 

 by them. 



With a quiet neighbourhood of meadow, wood and water, and some- 

 times marsh, for a quarter of a mile or more on all sides, to add to the 

 seeming security of the ducks, we have in this description the general 

 outline of a Decoy. 



For a sketch of a Decoy illustrating its formation see plan facing page 

 55 ; and for an enlarged plan of a Decoy Pipe refer to cut opposite 

 page 57- 



