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that's a deader and no mistake." The old man refused 

 to enlighten me as to the result of his shot at the geese 

 earlier in the evening, simply remarking, " I will show 



I knew then that he also had 



ou when we get home." 



PINK-FOOTED GEESE. 



been successful, and was not so surprised to find twenty- 

 one fine pink-footed geese laid out clean and trim on the 

 cold stone floor of his back kitchen on our arrival. He 

 remarked that he wished I had been with him instead of 

 on the island, but I assured him that I was not of that 

 mind, for I would with the shoulder-gun much rather 



