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geese, and making them restive. The other 

 way I have had my boat poled up so near 

 that their eyes could be seen in fact, too 

 close for big results. The ridiculous results 

 of our first experience with the lamp afforded 

 much amusement to the residents of the 

 place, and many a joke on the strength of 

 it was cracked at our expense. Whenever 

 the subject was broached of getting upon 

 the birds, the lantern experiment was resur- 

 rected. In another chapter a more successful 

 hunt with the lamp is told. 



I have great reason to remember one of 

 my goose-hunts on this (Port Joli) harbour. 

 With a companion from the town of Liverpool, 

 16 miles distant, we had a shanty built in 

 the woods, half a mile from the shore and 

 two miles from the head of the harbour on 

 the western side, which was and is uninhabited. 

 This being so near the shooting-grounds, 

 we were saved much tramping, and were 

 always near the haunts of the game. One 

 morning late in March we went on to 

 Denim's Point, and spied a large body of 

 geese feeding 300 yards off. We watched 

 them some time, and found they were inclined 



