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WE MET THE CARAVAN COMING IN .... Frontispiece 



THERE WERE FIVE OF Us IN THE PARTY MAXI- 

 MILIAN FOSTER AND GRANTLAND RICE, FEL- 

 LOW SCRIBES, AND DUKE AND DUCHESS, Two 

 ENGLISH SETTERS THAT WE TOOK ALONG 

 TO INVESTIGATE THE QUAIL RESOURCES OF 

 THE COUNTRY Facing p. 14 



THIS BOAT WAS ESPECIALLY BUILT FOR HUNTING 

 IN SHALLOW WATERS, AND WHILE SHE Is 

 NOT MUCH TO LOOK AT, SHE Is WARM AND 

 COMFORTABLE 15 



Ri AND NATHAN, OUR GUIDES. BOTH ARE BANKS 

 MEN, BORN AND RAISED CLOSE TO THE HAT- 

 TERAS SURF 15 



WE MANAGED TO COLLECT A FAIR NUMBER OF 



BIRDS " 22 



THE HARBOR, OCRACOKE, PAMLICO SOUND, 

 WHICH MARKS, ROUGHLY, THE GOOSE'S 

 SOUTHERN LIMIT 23 



OCRACOKE, CENTER OF THE GOOSE-HUNTING IN- 

 DUSTRY, Is A QUAINT NEW ENGLAND VIL- 

 LAGE PITCHED ON THE OUTER RIM OF PAM- 

 LICO SOUND 23 



POST OFFICE, OCRACOKE " 23 



FEEDING THE LIVE DECOYS 26 



PUTTING DOWN A BATTERY RIG 27 



RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION, COPPER RIVER RAIL- 

 ROAD 42 



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