The Serene Duck Hunter 



ties and new objects of endeavor; but 

 the principles which are characteristic 

 of the fraternity are of universal ap- 

 plication. Therefore our serene duck 

 hunter should go forth resolved to 

 accomplish the best results within his 

 reach, but doubly resolved that in this 

 new phase of his enjoyment he will 

 betray no ignorance of any detail, and 

 that he will fully avail himself of the 

 rule unreservedly recognized in the 

 brotherhood, which permits him to 

 claim that every duck at which his 

 gun is fired is hit except in rare cases 

 of conceded missing, when an excuse 

 should be always ready, absolutely ex- 

 cluding any suggestion of bad shoot- 

 ing. And by way of showing his fa- 

 miliarity with the affair in hand it is 

 not at all amiss for him to give some 



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