The Serene Duck Hunter 



to whom duck killing is not inevitably 

 available, are content to look for en- 

 joyment among the things more or 

 less intimately related to it, it is quite 

 their own affair. At any rate it is 

 sufficient to say that they have joined 

 the serene brotherhood for their pas- 

 time, and that any outside dictation 

 or criticism of the mode in which they 

 shall innocently enjoy their privileges 

 of membership savors of gross imper- 

 tinence. 



There comes a time, however, when 

 the calm and easy enjoyments of 

 in-door comfort must give way to 

 sterner activities, and when even the 

 serene duck hunter must face the 

 discomfort of severe weather and 

 the responsibility of flying ducks. 

 This exigency brings with it new du- 



