472' DUCK SHOOTING. 



through the whole voyage, they having made the run 

 down in about six hours. It was eight o'clock in the 

 morning when I awoke, and we had just landed. So we 

 proceeded immediately to clean up and get ready for 

 the train, which passed in the afternoon. We made 

 presents of game to all those we knew at this town, and 

 packed the rest in sacks for our city home, where, upon 

 our arrival, we gave to all our own friends around. 

 And we had geese, duck and swan cooked in every style 

 for the next week. 



I will try and remember a few figures. I know we 

 got nineteen Canada honkers, tremendous fellows ; 

 about two dozen white geese, a dozen ordinary gray 

 geese, one swan, and I will not state how many ducks, 

 as I suppose I might shock my Eastern friends, who 

 have, I suspect, already put me down a black mark for 

 shooting at night. 



I have visited the "Phantom Pond" several times 

 since, but never had such a hunt and such hard work at 

 the same time. But the work only made the hunt more 

 agreeable, and the game more acceptable when I got it. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY DUCK SHOOTING. 



The Chesapeake Bay has long been famous as a 

 resort for duck shooters. It is told that in New 

 England, the employer to whom an apprentice was in- 

 dentured agreed as a part of the contract that the ap- 



