The Serene Duck Hunter 



concomitants of the most reputable 

 grade of duck hunting, and have 

 surrendered its pleasures to actual 

 results and the force of external 

 circumstances. Their stories of inor- 

 dinate killing are frequently heard, 

 and often enliven the pages of sport- 

 ing magazines. There can be but 

 little doubt that this contingent give 

 unintentional support to a popular 

 belief, originating in the market shoot- 

 ers' operations, that duck shooting is 

 a relentlessly bloody affair. These 

 are the dead shots among duck 

 hunters. 



The Vindication of the Gentle 

 Huntsmen 



The danger that all those who es- 

 say to shoot ducks may, by the con- 

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