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The table follows: 



Bird. Feet per 



second. Average. 



Quail 65 to 85 75 



Buffed Grouse 60 to 90 75 



Snipe 50 to 70 65 



Wood Duck 70 to 90 80 



Canada Geese 100 to 120 110 



Red Head 110 to 130 120 



Canvas-back 130 to 160 145 



Mallard 55 to ' 90 75 



r !Val 120 to 140 130 



It may be said that if ducks are frightened they can 

 reach maximum speed at will, and this sprinting flight is 

 usually what the gunner has to make allowance for. On 

 the other hand, many wildfowl are jumped and killed while 

 hovering over decoys and moving slowly, and birds like 

 snipe and quail are often killed before they have attained 

 full speed. Upland birds are not often shot while passing 

 the gun at right angles, but going straight away, quartering 

 or twisting. 



Pigmy People Lazy, But Great Hunters: 



High up on the slopes of Mount Mariveles, in the Phil- 

 ippine Islands, dwell the last remnants of an ancient and 

 mysterious race the negritos, or "little negroes." 



Scientists differ hopelessly as to their origin and his- 

 tory, but the visitor who is fortunate enough to penetrate 

 into their carefully hidden villages finds the quaint little 

 people extremely interesting. 



Tho' they are disinclined to work, the negrito is inde- 

 fatigable in the chase, and will hunt all day without any- 

 thing to eat but the mango, or banana, that he may seize as 

 IK- rushes by. If the dogs are scarce for any reason, women 



