140 The Wild-Fowlers 



beat him duck or snipe or plover shootin', 

 'tic'larly on broadbills in th' machine." 



* What 's your favorite load for snipe 

 and plover, Captain?*' asked Doctor 

 Bradley. 



" No. 8 fer kerlew an* willet, No. 10 

 fer th' yeller-legs, both large an* small, 

 an' th' black breas' an' golden plover, an' 

 No. 12 fer th' surf snipe, ringnecks, 

 dowitch, oxeyes, an' all the little snipe." 



" And for the ducks and geese, what 

 do you use ? " asked Doctor Corbin. 



" No. 4 fer th' ducks, all on 'em, an* 

 double B fer the brents and Kenedys, 

 tho' I think wi' Mr. Fieldin', No. 4 

 would do alright fer the brents." 



" Suppose you had a choice of but one- 

 size shot for all the bay birds and one for 

 all the ducks and geese, what would it 

 be ? " from Bradley. 



" Wai, I 'd take No. 10 fer all th' bay 

 birds th' snipes and plovers and No. 4 

 fer th' ducks an' geese." 



" Many canvasback and redhead come 



