A Duck-Hunting Trip 



law proiiiblting duck shooting on 

 Wednesdays and Saturdays, and of 

 course on Sundays. These are called 

 rest days. We arrived at the very 

 comfortable club-house of the Back 

 Bay Club, in Princess Anne County, 

 about noon one Saturday, with weather 

 very fair and quiet — too much so for 

 good ducking. From the time of our 

 arrival until very early Monday morn- 

 ing, besides eating and sleeping, we 

 had nothing to do but to "get ready." 

 It must not be supposed that those 

 words only mean the settlement in 

 our quarters and the preparation of 

 guns, ammunition and other outfit. 

 Many other things are necessary by 

 way of stimulating interest and filling 

 the minds of waiting gunners with 

 lively anticipation and hope. Thus 

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