The Serene Duck Hunter 



other venturesome duck will enter the 

 zone of danger and pass with steady 

 flight over the decoys easily within 

 shooting distance. Again the gun of 

 our serene hunter gives v^oice, sum- 

 moning the bird to instant death. To 

 an impartial observer, however, such 

 a course would not seem to be in ac- 

 cordance with the duck's arrange- 

 ments. This is plainly indicated by 

 such an acceleration of flight as would 

 naturally follow the noise of the gun's 

 discharge and the whistling of the 

 shot in the rear of the expected victim. 

 This is the moment when the man 

 behind the gun should rise to the occa- 

 sion, and under the rule governing the 

 case should without the least delay or 

 hesitation insist that the duck is hit. 

 This may be done by the use of one 

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