SIVAN SHOOTING. 



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wing and its long neck make it appear even larger than 

 it really is, and when it strikes the ground it does so 

 with a thud which seems to shake the marsh. 



I once killed and weighed an American swan which 

 turned the scale at 25 pounds; how much larger they 

 may grow, I do not know. At all events, they are 

 royal birds. 



