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and goes forward to the end of the pipe next the lake, 

 -where he takes off his hat and gives it a wave between 

 the shooting- ; all the fowl under the net can see him, 

 but none that are in the lake can. The fowl that are 

 in sight fly forward j and the man runs forward to the 

 next shooting and waves his hat, and so on, driving 

 them along till they come to the tunnel net, where they 

 creep in : when they are all in, he gives the net a twist, 

 so as to prevent their getting back : he then takes the 

 net off from the end of the pipe with what fowl he may 

 have caught, and takes them out, one at a time, and 

 dislocates their necks, and hangs the net on again; and 

 all is ready for working again. 



REFERENCES TO THE CUT. 



No. 1. Dog's hole, where he goes to unbank the fowl. 



2. Reed fences on each side of the mouth of the pipe. 



3. Where the decoy-man shews himself to the fowl first, and 



afterwards at the end of every shooting. 



4. Small reed fence to prevent the fowl seeing the dog when he 



goes to unbank them. 



5. The shootings. 



6. Dog's holes between the shootings, used when working. 



7. Tunnel net at the end of the pipe. 



8. Mouth of the pipe. 



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