192 ANAS BOSCIIAS. 



From the end of the last shooting, a person cannot see 

 the lake, o^ving to the hend of the pipe : there is then 

 no farther occasion for shelter. Were it not for those 

 shootings, the fowl that remain about the mouth of 

 the pipe would be alarmed, if the person driving the 

 fowl already under the net should be exposed, and would 

 become so shy as to forsake the place entirely. The 

 first thing the decoy-man does when he approaches the 

 pipe, is to take a piece of lighted turf or peat, and hold 

 it near his mouth, to prevent the fowl smelling him. 

 He is attended by a dog taught for the purpose of 

 assisting him : he walks very silently about half way 

 up the shootings, where a small piece of wood is thrust 

 through the reed fence, which makes an aperture just 

 sufficient to see if any fowl are in; if not, he walks 

 forward to see if any are about the mouth of the pipe. 

 If there are, he stops and makes a motion to his dog, 

 and gives him a piece of cheese or something to eat ; 

 upon receiving it he goes directly to a hole through the 

 reed fence, (No. I,) and the fowl immediately fly off 

 the bank into the water; the dog returns along the bank, 

 between the reed fences and the pipe, and comes out 

 to his master at the hole (No. 2.) The man now giv-s 

 him another reward, and he repeats his round again, 

 till the fowl are attracted by the motions of the dog, 

 and follow him into the mouth of the pipe. This 

 operation is called working them. The man now 

 retreats farther back, working the dog at different holes 

 till the fowl are sufficiently under the net : he nuw 

 commands his dog to lie down still behind the fence, 



