144 KRIDER'S SPORTING ANECDOTES. 



this kind of shooting, in which dexterity and 

 despatch in loading are necessary to the full en- 

 joyment of the sport. 



As the different boats enter the reeds at vari- 

 ous favorable points, we will first notice that fat, 

 angry looking gentleman in the blue skiff, with 

 the one-eyed, quizzical genius at the stern. The 

 fat gentleman is a tyro, as clumsy as a cow in the 

 boat, and a very indifferent shot. He is more- 

 over exceedingly irascible and seems to suffer 

 much in his unusual position, while the blinking 

 scamp behind him is as cool as a snow-ball. 

 There has already been some sparring between 

 them respecting the 'price of the tide, and the 

 pusher, who is not without his slice of humor, 

 has made up his mind to victimize his quondam 

 employer. This is easy enough when one is in 

 his element, and the other out of it, and woe to 

 that fat gentleman who has been tempted, in an 

 evil hour, to leave trade and come out for sport ; 

 for the other, incensed at his attempt to jew him 

 down, is determined to make sport of him. 



The skiff glides smoothly in among the reeds, 

 the pusher on the qui vive for mischief, while the 

 shooter maintaining his equilibrium as well as 

 he can, commends himself to his dignity and 

 keeps a sharp look out. 



