THE FOGEL-REF. 



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to say, " I have adopted a new system of ' jagt ' with the 

 great flocks of ducks. I load guns of large calibre with 

 heavy shot, slugs in short, and row in a boat towards the 

 fowl, and when they take wing, I fire into the thick of 

 them, and for the most part several have fallen." 



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TIII-: KOUKL I;I:F. 



Many devices, besides those spoken of in my former 

 works, are had recourse to in Scandinavia for the capture 

 of water fowl. One is called the Fogel-Rcf, and is thus 

 described by Linnaeus, in his "Oliindska Resa,"1741,p.203. 

 " It consists of a very long line, to which are attached 

 wooden pegs, at a distance of about three feet apart, 

 to fasten it to the ground. On both sides of each peg 

 is a black horsehair snare, twenty inches in length, and 

 at its base a piece of a quill, to keep it in its proper 

 position. The 'Fogel-llef is placed along the shore, 

 so that when ducks and other small fowl are making their 

 way from the water to dry land they get entangled in it." 



THE LINTU LAUTA. 



In parts of Lapland the so-called Lintu-Lauta, a 

 Finnish invention I believe, is in common use for the 



