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great difficulty was to get from the sitting 

 position to that of all-fours without being 

 noticed, as the least motion was sure to be 

 seen. 



Before attempting this change, four marks 

 were selected to creep to, the last one being a 

 large cluster of rushes, and it was understood 

 that Harry was to whistle in case the conditions 

 changed on my way down to these. Thus 

 fortified, I began to settle from my seat, so 

 slowly as to be unnoticed, then, with my gun 

 in my right hand, I moved straight upon the 

 first mark, then to the next, and finally brought 

 up to the last without any warning signal 

 from Harry. Thus assured the birds were 

 there and within shot, I cocked both barrels, 

 settled out at full length, resting on my 

 elbows. When I sighted them, they were 

 uneasy and moving together, the most of 

 them looking at me. By that I knew they 

 would soon jump, so, as they were below me, 

 I ranged for the outside birds, calculating the 

 nearest ones would either jump into the shot, 

 or be stopped by the dropping ones and pulled. 

 " My ! my ! what a jar ! " It was my intention 

 to give them the right barrel sitting, and the 



