SUMMARY OF CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER I. 



Decoyrnen — Derivation of Word Decoy — Origin and Age of Decoys — Driving Ducks — 

 Works relating to Decoys — The Position of Decoys — The Skeltons — The Law of 

 Decoys — Phraseology of a Decoy — What a Decoy consists of ... . i 



CHAPTER II. 



The System of Catching the Birds when in the Decoy Pipes — The Methods used to 

 Decoy the Ducks into the Pipes — Dogging — Feeding — The Effect of the Food, 

 and of the Dog, on the Ducks — How the Decoyman drives the Birds up the Pipe, 

 both when Dogging and Feeding . . . . . . . . . .21 



CHAPTER III. 



The Construction of a Decoy — The Pipes — The Hoops — The Netting — The Tunnel- 

 net — The Pond — The Water Supply — The Landings and Banks — Fencing — The 

 Screens — The Tame Decoy Ducks — The Decoy Dog — The Food . • • • 35 



CHAPTER IV. 



General Directions in the Management of a Decoy — The Wind — The Time most suit- 

 able for Decoying — Ice-breaking — Killing Birds — Criticism of Decoys illustrated 

 in the Book — Description of a Decoy and a Decoy Pipe, with Folding Plans — A 

 List of Decoys, Past and Present, in the British Islands 51 



CHAPTER V. 



A History of Decoys, Past and Present :— Berkshire — Buckinghamshire — Cambridge- 

 shire — Cornwall — Derbyshire — Dorsetshire ........ 60 



CHAPTER VI. 

 A History of Decoys, Past .and Present {continued) : — Essex . . . . -75 



CHAPTER VIL 



A History of Decoys, Past and Present {wiitimied) :— Glamorganshire — Gloucestershire 

 — Hampshire — Herefordshire — Huntingdonshire — Hertfordshire — Kent — 

 Lancaster .............. 93 



