MAIDS AND MALLARDS 297 
appeal to these birds of passage, who alight long 
enough to fill their crops with our wild rice and 
celery, and then take wing for other feeding- 
grounds. This kind of life seems fitted for mal- 
lards and maids, and I have no quarrel with 
either. From my view, there are happier in- 
stincts than those which impel migration; but 
remembering that personal views are best applied 
to personal use, I wish both maids and mallards 
bon voyage. 
