A Duck-Hunting Trip 



lation of the game laws, or for shoot- 

 ing without a license; nor was any 

 complaint ever made against me; nor, 

 so far as I know, was such a thing ever 



contemplated. 



Sport Versus Slaughter 



Equally false and mischievous, 

 though not involving a violation of 

 law, was the charge that a party of 

 which I was a member killed five hun- 

 dred ducks. Our shooting force on 

 that expedition consisted of five gun- 

 ners of various grades of hunting abil- 

 ity, including one who had not "fired a 

 gun in twenty years," and another who 

 could "do pretty well with a rifle, but 

 didn't know much about a shotgun." 

 We were shooting four days, but on 

 only one of these days was our entire 

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