572 DUCK SHOOTING. 



OTHER CRAFT. 



As a rule, on inland waters, the purpose of the gun- 

 ner's boat is merely to transport him and his parapher- 

 nalia from place to place. Along the seacoast, the 

 case is somewhat different, since it may often be nec- 

 essary to travel considerable distances in the vessel, 

 when speed and staunchness are of most importance. 



Whatever type of boat the gunner uses, he must not 

 forget that it must be made as inconspicuous as pos- 

 sible, and, therefore, he will see that it is painted as 

 nearly as may be the color of its surroundings. For 

 the broad and shallow bays of the South, it should be 

 the color of the mud flats ; in other localities, the color 

 of dead grass. For winter shooting, white ; and so on 

 through the range of the natural colors. 



The gunner who visits a special locality year after 

 year, will be likely to provide himself with as good a 

 boat as possible for the particular shooting that he is 

 to engage in, and will fit it with everything necessary 

 to his comfort. Just what these different things are, 

 he will know better than any one else. 



ICE WORK. 



In many parts of the country, where duck shooting 

 is carried on over wide waters, which from time to 

 time are frozen, and over which it is therefore more 



