150 ON THE WING. 



would much rather see it made more rigid and then 

 strictly enforced. 



" Nothing is better calculated to drive ducks from 

 their accustomed feeding-grounds than the practice of 

 boating them at night ; for, being disturbed during 

 their wonted hours of repose and security by an un- 

 foreseen enemy, they soon learn that there is no safety 

 for themselves under any circumstances, and have 

 been known to abandon such places almost entirely 

 after being shot at two or three times in the quiet of 

 the night, when perhaps the whole flock, perfectly un- 

 conscious of danger, were wrapped in deep sleep. 



" Boating ducks on their feeding-grounds, even with 

 small guns during the daytime, will soon drive them 

 from their accustomed haunts, and force them to find 

 other spots at a distance where they can remain un- 

 disturbed. All modes of boating ducks are con- 

 demned by the sportsmen visiting these parts, as well 

 as by those who reside in the vicinity of the bay- 

 shore. 



Netting Ducks. 



" A very ingenious way of taking canvas-backs was 

 resorted to a few years since by a gentleman living on 

 the bay, and which certainly, for its novelty, requires 

 some notice on our part. This plan consisted in 

 sinking gilling-nets a short distance below the surface 

 of the water, so that the ducks in diving would get 

 their heads and wings entangled in its meshes, and 

 thus miserably perish by drowning. 



" Great numbers were secured by this method at 



