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fowler ; but with these there will occur an odd chance when, 

 by some fortuitous combination of favouring circumstances, 

 one may work a charge of B.B. among them. Not so with 

 these geese ; they come in hundreds, spend months at a 

 time, are as regular in their habits as we are ourselves but 

 we cannot get at them. As already explained, they never 

 alight where a punt can approach, or a punt-gun be brought 

 to bear. 



