iSS By Leafy Ways. 



hens that have come out from their covert in the 

 reeds. It dives now and then, coming up with a fish 

 in its beak. 



You cast off the dingy and pull gently towards the 

 bird. He takes no notice at first, perhaps ; but before 

 long you observe that he comes up farther away after 

 each dive, and as you quicken your stroke he hurries 

 too, paddling swiftly away, and again diving out of 

 sight. You have put on a hard spurt while he was 

 down, and he comes up within range. There is a 

 flash and a sharp report; you have surely got him 

 now. But there is nothing there but the widening 

 rings that tell how the bird, warned by the flash, was 

 safe beneath the surface ere the shower of shot swept 

 harmless over his head. 



