72 The Wild-Fowlers 



Canadian Club ? You look cold. Wil- 

 liam, pull the cork, and Seth and I '11 

 take a little taste too. This wind is 

 freshening considerably. It '11 be quite 

 sharp in the battery at daybreak. Say, 

 boys," here bowing a little acknowledg- 

 ment to Seth for the glass handed him, 

 " which of us go in first ? Do you wish 

 to get up at three o'clock, Doctor, and 

 lie in the box with Seth for the morning 

 shooting, or shall I ; or shall we both take 

 the first hours and leave Fielding aboard 

 the sloop to talk the Captain daft ? What 

 say you ? ' ' 



" Oh, arrange it between yourselves/' 

 responded Seth; " I care little about it. 

 I 'm merely going to step in the thing for 

 a minute or two just for the experience. 

 I want some point shooting at blackduck, 

 the king of wild fowl. The Captain can 

 put you two light weights in the coffin as 

 early as he wishes, then get me to the 

 bogs. If you two get in the battery to- 

 gether, the trays won't need any iron- 



