120 MOOSE HUNTING, SALMON-FISHING, ETC 



out about 40 yards from the shore, where 

 the water was a foot deep, and the wild rice 

 and rushes abound, forming quite a shelter. 

 He also supplied me with an old soap-box, 

 with legs attached, so that I could sit when I 

 wished. Eeady was left on the shore with 

 Harry, and from there gathered up the birds. 

 As sundown approached, the others distributed 

 themselves up and down the lagoon, and 

 evidently, from the amount of shooting that 

 night, those we had met were only a modicum 

 of the number. There was a complete fusillade 

 from the time the ball opened till quite dark. 

 A continuous " Pop ! pop ! pop ! pop ! pop ! pop ! " 

 the whole length of the water, and, judging 

 by our success, hundreds of ducks must have 

 fallen that evening. As fast as we could load 

 the birds were there for us to shoot at, but we 

 made quite a few misses, arising from ducks of 

 different flight coming. I think every mallard 

 I levelled on came down, but not always short, 

 while the swift little teal and the blue-wing 

 escaped me several times. 



What I noticed that surprised me was the 

 indifference of the birds to the reports. Those 

 we missed, as well as those that got past when 



