70 THE BOOK OF DUCK DECOYS. 



Middle, South, and North Level. The greater part of the Middle Level 

 and much of the South Level are in Cambridsfeshire, includino' the whole 

 of the Isle of Ely. 



Decoys in the County of Cornwall. 

 Decoys in use. Decoys not in use. 



None. I Trengwainton. 



At Trengivainton , in the parish of Madron, near Penzance, now the 

 seat of Mr. T. S. Bolitho, may be seen the remains of an old Decoy which 

 was constructed by Sir Rose Price, the former owner of the estate, about 

 1819-20. Although large numbers of wildfowl at that date frequented 

 the valley, and a good many used to be shot at three different pools, the 

 attempt to decoy them was not successful, and the Decoy was abandoned 

 before Sir Rose Price's death in 1835. 



This was not a properly constructed Decoy, or else it would have 

 succeeded well, considering the favourable position in which it was placed. 



It was intended for a trap Decoy, and had no Decoy pipes as usually 

 made. 



The pond was 60 yards square. At each corner was a small, short 

 pipe leading to a net-covered enclosure of a few feet square. The entrances 

 to the pipes had falling nets to shut the fowl inside the enclosures — should 

 they enter them. In each enclosure was placed a sunken slab of stone 

 on which grain was placed to attract the fowl from out of the pond. 



Decoys in the County of Derby. 

 Decoys in tise. Decoys not in use. 



Hardwick Hall. | None. 



Hardwick Hall, the seat of Lord Hartington, 5 miles SE. of Chester 

 field, near North Wingfield. 



A very perfect trap Decoy exists here, similar to those in use at 

 Haughton, Ossington Hall, and Park Hall, in Nottinghamshire. There 

 are two trap doors, one at each end of the cage, and this is necessary on 



