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to kill ; but after you fired at the drake, and the smoke 

 cleared away, the duck had too much the start of you, 

 and consequently got away. Bear this in mind here- 

 after, that when two ducks come in, in killing distance, 

 always shoot the one farther away first. I am going 

 to leave you, now, right in this blind. I have placed 

 you where the ducks are, and it would be ungenerous 

 on your part to expect me to kill them, you must do 

 that. By the way, please keep secret this place ; it's a 

 favorite one of mine. I found it two years ago, and 

 right in this very place, at that time, an inexperienced 



shot and myself bagged 106 mallards in two days. 



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