A Duck-Hunting Trip 



force engaged. There was not one in 

 the party who would not have been 

 ashamed of any complicity in the kill- 

 ing of five hundred ducks, within the 

 time spent and in the circumstances 

 surrounding us ; nor is there one of the 

 party who does not believe that, if 

 the extermination of wild ducks is to 

 be prevented, and if our grandchil- 

 dren are to know anything about 

 duck shooting, except as a matter of 

 historical reading, stringent and in- 

 telligent laws for the preservation of 

 this game must be supplemented and 

 aided by an aggressive sentiment firm- 

 ly held among decent ducking sports- 

 men, making it disgraceful to kill 

 ducks for the purpose of boasting of 

 a big bag, or for the mere sake of 

 killing. Those who hunt ducks with 



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