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lowed, the ducks are as abundant as 

 ever." 



" Now stop a minute, Seth," said the 

 Doctor, shaking his cigar at his friend 

 much as he would shake his forefinger. 

 " He says that at present it is hardly pos- 

 sible to obtain a decent day's sport. Well, 

 I say he 's off on that ground the ducks 

 are as plentiful in the Great South Bay 

 as they ever were. If we were greedy we 

 could easily bag seventy-five broadbill, a 

 half-dozen redhead, three or four dozen 

 brant, and any number of coot and shel- 

 drake in a single morning, and do this 

 every day throughout the early spring, 

 the autumn, and winter. Furthermore, 

 this sort of shooting has been possible in 

 the Great South Bay for hundreds of 

 years, and it will continue to afford plenty 

 of game long after we old fellows cease to 

 give trigger/' 



"But, Doctor, Roosevelt adds a few 

 words you have failed to repeat ' hardly 

 possible to obtain a decent day's sport 



