il ducks' nest-. In- kin-w ! ' \\as l\\e|\i- o'cl 



th.- house in it,,- n-ar. \\li.-n [ was introduced to 



landlady list \\ho ha- 1 come all t In- \\ a v fn >in 



\|.|MV tin- regions around here I Mmn-r OVCF, tin- 

 ter telegraphed t'- Mi-os.-jau t<> - n.juire ii' any 



_dit trains were expected t<> pass through Hush Like, and 



nili^ thr'.il-!i that afternoon he _? t ]M-riiii- 



a t'.-u hours absence, BO, shouldering our ^uns ire 



tin- railway track and reached tin- Lank- 

 runs int" tin- lak.', wi- w. r. juim-il l.y his faithful 



^\sh"v,,.,M ilusln-il a male ahoveller dock : as In- i 



my i-iiiiipaniitn tiM.k aim anl tin- Muck ilrojipnl with a thud 

 t. th. ground. HI- wa> a haiids<nii.- sjn-cinii-n. with his l-ri^ht 



attractive plumage, and I wrapped him up and covered him 



witl that In- cmild imt In- carrifd ntl' l>y hawks; \\<- 



l.-l't him. iiiti-tidin^ to c hack the same \\-iy "ti "iir i-.-turn. 



\\ fiiiuid the cn-i-k alive with Iti-uod- !' yuii^ ducks : tin-)-.- 

 Were sh->\,-ll.-rv. mallai-ds seaiipv caiixas Lacks, and teals, 

 in Canada are inxarial.ly called civ.-ks. and must in >t 

 -nfouiidi-d with the Kurdish mca-iini;' >f the word creek. 

 In Kn^lainl a crei-k signifies a small hay <>r inlet, luit in Can- 

 ada a cre.-k is a sti-i-an,. My Kn^lish readers must alsi.nt 

 nif.iunded over tin- name "Mutt'." In Knjdand the name 

 lilutl" is always apj lied t<i a rocky headland or steep l>nnk 



'han^in^ the s,-a or river: <>:i the prairies, a " hlutt" m- 

 an isolated elust.-r of tf.-.-s. and the word "slouch is the 

 name of a w. t marshy spot, or shallow pond. The rnvk at 

 Hush Like i-> a slu^JNl, -.tr.-am. t'li'ee fe.-t dceji an 1 al.ont 

 t\\.-l\-e f.-.-t wide, and winds its Ki-rprntine course from the 

 MI fo] -t\\o mil.-s. and then empties its.-lf into the lake. 

 Tin- sides of tin- eivt-k a n- fringed with rushes and tall -i 

 otli-nn^ ^>l shelter for ducks and other waterfowl. On our 

 \\ ay we cam.' t.. a small hoat. and my companion. Macdonald. 



the other sid,- of the crefk and he 



WOOld Walk along One side while I .-xamiiird the othei- 

 st.-j.ped into the lioat and pushed it across tin sin-am. Then 

 we iNMran to search in earnest and s, M ,n found tin- place ali\e 



