i5 2 The Wild-Fowlers 



turned to and fly right in front of your 

 gun muzzles before you discover them 

 is astounding. And these are the birds 

 most often missed these and the ones 

 shot at out of range by the gunner incor- 

 rectly estimating the distance through 

 the deceptions I have mentioned." 



' Yes, perhaps April should be ex- 

 cluded from the legal period/* said Doc- 

 tor Bradley ; " but I presume it is included 

 for two reasons brant [brent geese] are 

 more plentiful hereabout during this 

 month than at any other time, and the 

 fact that our ducks, geese, snipe, and 

 plover do not nest here," and the Doc- 

 tor helped Seth to his third bowl of coffee, 

 while poor jolly Corbin, jokingly dis- 

 tracted at the young man's extravagant 

 appetite, began the frying of a new 

 batch of eggs and half a pan of thin slices 

 of bacon. 



" Now that is true," replied Seth ; "the 

 wild fowl and bay birds do not nest in 

 these latitudes, though, to be precise, we 



