The Serene Duck Hunter 



is a most important duty. Indeed, it 

 may be reasonably feared that any 

 neglect or faltering in its discharge 

 would undermine the entire fabric of 

 the serene brotherhood's renown. The 

 outside world should never gain from 

 any of its members the least hint that 

 a weak spot has been developed in the 

 shooting ability of any of their num- 

 ber ; and in giving an account of hunt- 

 ing results it is quite within bounds for 

 them to include in the aggregate, not 

 only the ducks actually killed and 

 those reported killed, but those proba- 

 bly killed and neither recovered nor 

 reported. The fact that such an ag- 

 gregate has been reported by an as- 

 sociate should impart to every member 

 absolute verity, and each should make 

 the statement his own, to the displace- 

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