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safely do, then put Eeady out. For some 

 time they took apparently no notice of him, 

 but a curious old gander, a very large one, 

 began to investigate these movements by 

 swimming around in a large circle, a long 

 distance out of harm's way. He continued 

 this circling, each time drawing nearer, and 

 each time being joined by some of the geese, 

 until there were upwards of twenty curious 

 ones. When he approached within 40 yards, 

 he appeared to hesitate, so I concluded to 

 "draw a bead " on him, and try a shot. 

 When he had passed a little beyond a direct 

 front shot, several of the geese with the old 

 fellow were under the line of my eye. Then 

 I pulled, and laid over two geese and wing- 

 broke the gander with the left barrel, and 

 tumbled another with the right, which was 

 not dead, so Eeady took after him, and 

 soon brought him to the shore. Then he 

 spied the wing-broken gander, now fully 80 

 yards away, and working off shore very fast 

 with the aid of his legs and wings. The 

 water was not deep enough for the dog to 

 swim, as it was only up to his back ; therefore 

 he had to plunge constantly to make any 



