244 THE SPORTSMAN IN FRANCE. 



' CHAPTER IX. 



Abbeville — Duck - shooting — St. Valery - sur - 

 Somme — Huts in the marshes — English gun- 

 powder — Curtis and Harvey's — Pigou and 

 Co.'s — Miles Peter Andrews — Quimper — 

 Garde champetre — Caen — Rencontre with a 

 garde de chasse — Curing his dog — How to 

 plaster the eyes and mouth — Whisperers, and 

 a Brittany sorcier. 



It is possible that the promising descrip- 

 tion I have given of the wild-fowl shoot- 

 ing in the Bay of St. Valery-sur-Somme, 

 as well as at Abbeville, may tempt the 

 duck-shooter to run over for a few days 

 in the depth of winter ; if he should, he 

 will find a duck-gun an incumbrance ; a 



