JOHNNY CRAPAUD IN DISGUISE. 



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great, and the device is, besides, difficult to transport 

 when fences or other impediments intervene." 



A simpler contrivance for getting within gun-shot of 

 ducks is by means of a flat canvas screen, shaped and 

 coloured to resemble a horse or a cow, and inside of which 

 is a sufficiently strong wooden frame to retain it on the 

 stretch. To the middle of the figure is attached a stick, 

 which the sportsman affixes in the ground when he is 

 desirous of halting. The screen is borne on the arm by 

 a handle, an opening being left at the shoulder for the 

 barrel of the gun. 



When, however, neither the Stalking-Horse nor 

 " Skjut-Ko " is at hand, the fowler envelops himself with 

 green boughs ; but in this case, we are told, the face must 

 be carefully concealed, because wild animals are especially 

 alarmed at the sight of the human countenance. A loose 

 covering of green or grey canvas, with small openings 

 for the eyes, will answer the purpose. 



THE FllENOH SKJUT-KO. 



Iii France the plan of approaching geese, ducks, and 

 other fowl, would seem to be somewhat similar to those 



