A Duck-Hunting Trip 



no better motives than these, and who 

 are restrained, in the absence of law, 

 by nothing except the lack of oppor- 

 tunity to kill, are duck-slaughterers, 

 who merit the contempt of the pres- 

 ent generation and the curses of gen- 

 erations yet to come. 



Our party killed about one hun- 

 dred and twenty-five ducks. We ate 

 as many as we cared to eat during 

 our stay among the hunting marshes, 

 and we brought enough home to eat 

 on our own tables and to distribute 

 among our friends. It seems to me 

 that gunners who kill as many ducks 

 as will answer all these purposes ought 

 to be satisfied. 



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