20 SEAFOWL SHOOTING SKETCHES. 



assure them that few of the above birds were wasted, as I know 

 a person who is very fond of eating- them, strange as it may 

 seem (and, in fact, does seem to me), to whom they were given. 

 The feathers, when cured, do for stuffing pillows, &c. 



The shooting itself, after the first few days, is difficult enough, 

 and I am well satisfied when I can average a bird for every 

 three cartridges. Towards the end of the season you don't get 

 one for every six. I find the best sizes of shot to be 3's and s's with 

 a few g's for the smaller birds, which latter are sometimes seen 

 in immense flocks. 



