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nearly a week I visited the nest daily, but the bird, 

 if anything, became shyer every time, so the first 

 photograph turned out the best. There were eleven 

 eggs in the nest and a goodly supply of down, but, 

 sad to say, the young ones were never hatched. 

 One day a friend of mine observed someone 



A FISHING HAUNT OF THE GOOSANDER. 



crossing to the island, and soon after heard the 

 report of a gun. On wading over shortly afterwards 

 I found the nest all torn and every egg taken, 

 and have no doubt but that the parent bird was 

 shot on leaving the nest. 



The young are hatched off about the end of 

 June, and very pretty it is to see a brood and their 

 mother feeding by the river banks. The young 

 are very energetic, and even when only a day or 



