514 DUCK SHOOTING. 



ample to act in the blind as men of good breeding 

 should act everywhere. 



There are few things which contribute more to a 

 man's contentment that to have with him in the blind 

 a cheerful, good-natured, generous companion. There 

 is nothing which so greatly detracts from the pleasure 

 of shooting as to shoot with one who does not show a 

 reasonable amount of self-control, and who wants all 

 the shots, or claims all the birds. And so, unless you 

 have as a sharer of your blind some one whom you 

 thoroughly know, and have confidence in, it is far bet- 

 ter for you to shoot alone. 



