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taken with the wind in that direction than any other. 

 During the time the weather is open they are taken almost 

 entirely by means of the dog, but as soon as the frost sets 

 in they are taken by feeding them in the pipe, and keeping 

 a piece of water constantly open near it. 



The reason in favour of a small piece of water for a 

 decoy, not exceeding three or four acres at the most, is, 

 that when thus confined in extent you can almost always 

 work fowl, but if a large lake is made a decoy, there may 

 be thousands of Ducks on the water, but none near enough 

 to a pipe to regard the dog* or the decoy Ducks. 



Bewick, in his excellent ornithological work, has given 

 a plan of one pipe of a decoy, with zigzag markings showing 

 the situation and position of the screens formed of reeds, by 



which the fowler and his trained dog are hid from the 

 sight of the wild birds, an outline only of which is here 

 introduced. 



* The well-trained dog moves the birds from the banks when they are sluggish, 

 and is otherwise useful when they are within the mouth of the pipe. 



