Summer Shooting 



pended in determining upon the trip 

 will be vindicated, the delightful 

 early morning drive to the grounds, 

 the anticipation of a flight of birds 

 every moment while there, and the 

 final sustaining expectation of their 

 arrival in any event just before night. 

 The singular thing in my case is that 

 if all goes wrong at last, and even 

 if under the influence of fatigue and 

 disappointment I resolve during the 

 drive home in chill and darkness that 

 the trip will not be repeated for many 

 a long day, it is quite certain that 

 within forty-eight hours I shall be 

 again observing the weather and 

 guessing what the direction of the 

 wind will be the next morning, in con- 

 templation of another start. 



But some will say, how are the 

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