76 MOOSE-HUNTING, SALMON-FISHING, ETC 



as they rose all over the harbour, and started 

 seaward with a velocity unequalled, at a 

 break-wing speed, nor did they stop much 

 short of the Gulf Stream, judging by the 

 time they were gone before returning. 



The next morning there was not a goose 

 nor a duck to be seen. When they did come 

 they sat in one place scarcely five minutes, 

 acting as though they were expecting a 

 reappearance of that phenomenon. Our non- 

 success, we discovered, was from our short- 

 sightedness. The moon was large and shining 

 brightly, while we, supposing the light would 

 be so bright as to place all behind it in 

 impenetrable darkness which it would, had 

 there been no moon sat bolt upright on our 

 seats, ready for the devastation which we 

 were not to commit. 



I know now that the light is all right if 

 used on a dark night the darker the better ; 

 but the birds, either geese or ducks, must be 

 approached slowly and from the leeward, by 

 poling, not raising the pole out of the water. 

 This precaution is necessary, as the ducks 

 w r ould smell you if to windward, and be con- 

 stantly on the wing, thereby alarming the 



