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WITH NATURE AND A CAMERA. 



turf upon the ground, and, gently twisting one of 

 the dagger-like sticks from the vertical to the 

 horizontal, peeped through the slit in the reeds, 

 and beckoned us to come and look. 



Some two hundred head of wildfowl were to 



DOG'S HOLE. (See p. 802.) 



be seen: a few upon the far bank, at the mouth 

 of the pipe, and in the open water in front of it, 

 but the great majority on the ice beyond. Those 

 nearest the pipe appeared to be full of attention 

 and alertness, whilst those further out were either 

 preening themselves or sleeping peacefully. In 

 some places they were collected in dark groups, 



