Bow -Shooting. 



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»LD FAKMKK. 



method of shooting and how our arrows were made, the use of our 

 quivers, and so on, till he seemed satisfied, and stood for a moment as 

 if plunged in deep meditation. Then he turned abruptly away and 

 left us, muttering as he did so. " Ye couldn't gi' me a thousand o' 

 them 'ere bows ! " 



Sometimes we have been followed for a half-day at a time by a 

 staid old farmer, to watch us shoot. His delight at our success was 

 as unbounded as his amazement was profound. 



Wood-duck shooting is the bowman's richest sport, and the bird 

 itself is the most royal of game in everything but size. The little 

 streams of the Middle and Western States, especially those of Indiana 



