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pot-shot hoodlum, a milliner's-man, or a 

 market gunner, and if one can't shoot well 

 enough to kill on the wing with an ounce 

 of scattering shot he should give up the 

 sport/' 



" And play golf/' added Corbin. 

 " Say, Seth, did you see any black- 

 duck ?" 



" No. I don't think the blackduck 

 often comes to the battery stool ; does it, 

 Doctor Bradley ? " 



" No; it does not. That bird, though 

 fond of salt water, is a point, creek, and 

 pond duck. A bunch often troops by the 

 battery stool, and I Ve killed a few pairs 

 from the sink-box in my day, but they are 

 best taken from a point near a favorite 

 feeding creek when the tide is low late in 

 the day or very early in the morning. The 

 blackduck is the greatest of wild -fowl 

 game." 



4 'The king of all the wild ducks," 

 added Seth. 



" Undoubtedly," continued Bradley. 



