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THE SKJUT-KO. 



at any one shot was fifty-seven, consisting chiefly of Teal 

 and the like." 



THE SKJl'T-KO. 



Late in the autumn, when ducks, for the most part, ;uv 

 exceedingly wild and unapproachable in the usual way. 

 the fowler resorts to various expedients to circumvent 

 them. Sometimes he shelters himself behind a horse 

 trained for the purpose, but at others ensconces himself 

 in a so-called Skjut-Ko, or artificial cow, and in this 

 disguise, as shown in the above sketch by Colonel 

 Fritz von Dardel, he steals upon the birds. 



"The 'Skjut-Ko' I myself made use of, and which 

 answered admirably," says M. von ( in-ill', " consisted of 

 hoops and splints covered with canvas, and afterwards 

 painted brown, so as to resemble a cow. Being hollow, 

 the sportsman crept into it, the ^iin forming one of the 



horns, and bis feet the hind-legs of the animal. lUit as 

 one must OOnit&ntlj u'o in a bent position, the fatiirue is 



