CHAPTER XXVIII. 



THE SNIPES AND SNIPPETS. 



HAVING done with the Plovers we come to the fowl 

 of the waters, 

 and I am 

 much per- 

 plexed how 

 to deal with 

 them. The 

 monsoon has 

 sea r c e 1 y 

 ended when 

 the saltpans 

 and still 

 flooded rice 

 fields on the 

 other side of 

 the harbour 

 are alive with 

 long-leg g e d 

 waders and 

 web-f o o t e d 

 swimmers of 

 many sizes 

 and shapes. 

 S n i pe an d 



Curlew, Stint and Sandpiper, Heron and Cormorant, 

 Duck and Teal, seem to have arrived by one train, 

 and having no home to go to, are wandering 



Snipe and Snippet (i. e., Common Sandpiper). 



