Canvas -Back and Terrapin. 



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some were about thirty yards away. These held back, while the 

 ungovernable curiosity of those behind made them push forward 

 until the dog - had a closely packed audience of over a thousand 

 ducks gathered in front of him. 



" Fire ! " said B., and the spectacle ended in havoc and slaughter. 

 \\ V gave them the first barrel sitting, and, as they rose, the second. 



DIVIDING Till. SPOI1 I. 



We got thirty-nine canvas-backs and red-heads and some half dozen 



COO! 



Another way of "tolling " ducks, said to be very effectual, is with 

 a gorgeous yellow-and-red bandana handkerchief, waved above the 

 grass and rushes on a stick. Ducks will walk right up on shore to 

 examine it and pay the penalty of their curiosity. The canvas-back 

 has the bump of inquisitiveness more largely developed than any 

 other wild variety. 



