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lar piece of water, and just beginning to fly, 

 the sportsman is sure to find them early in 

 the morning, dabbling at the edge of the 

 pool, and amongst the long grass, and then 

 he may get very near to shoot them. 



By the means of a little boat they may be 

 shot at any time of the day ; and this method 

 succeeds admirably well on small pieces of 

 water, as by the help of it they may all be 

 killed. It will be still more easy to effect 

 this, if the sportsman can contrive to kill the 

 old duck ; in that case he may tie a tame 

 duck by the leg, with a piece of pack-thread, 

 to a pin of wood drove into the ground, at 

 the edge of the water : this may be done in 

 a manner that the duck may be able to swim 

 a little way into the water. He must then 

 conceal himself within gun-shot ; she will 

 soon begin to quack, and so soon as the 

 young ones hear her, they will come out to 

 her thinking it to be their mother. By these 

 means the sportsman may kill half of the 

 team at one shot ; but if he wishes to take 



