CHAPTER XIV 

 BARRKL-HOUSE BLIND 



SMOOTING 



DUCKS FROM A 



BARREL HOUSE BLIND. THE 



FIRST TUB SHOOTING ON 



THE KANKAKEE 



MARSHES. 



Of course you remember where the last chap- 

 ter ended. /Aethinks I hear some old-time 

 hunter say; "You bet 1 do." These reminis- 

 cences of deer hunts related left enough old 

 time recollections to Keep me from forgetting as 

 long as I live where the last chapter ended. It 

 happened during the winter hunt of seventy-four 

 and the story of what transpired and some other 

 experiences have been told in trappers' shanties 

 and in hunters' lodges. As I have promised at 

 some time to tell you how we shot geese and 

 ducks on the open marshes, so here goes. My 



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