DUCK SHOOTING. 253 



quently drawn to the same peculiarity. The 

 goose is in fact the most wary of wild fowl, not 

 excepting the swan, with which they are often 

 seen associated. It is said that the latter bird 

 will sleep and feed without fear, if surrounded 

 by the former, the sentinels of which are ever 

 on the qui vive, and are regularly relieved at 

 stated periods. They are killed on our shores 

 over decoys from ambuscades, or by imitating 

 their honkings as the flocks pass overhead. 

 They are also shot in stormy weather from 

 points on the Chesapeake when the wind shuts 

 them in as they fly up and down the bay. 

 Many geese and swans have been killed in this 

 way at Richett's Point, at the mouth of Gun- 

 powder river. 



