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twice a week all through the season and have the oppor- 

 tunity of firing some twenty shots or more at each visit ; 

 whilst the bag will naturally be heavy or light in accordance 

 with the straightness of the powder. 



One peculiar fact is noteworthy. A decoy pond may be 

 worked and shot for many years before an opportunity 

 presents itself of shooting any of the half-bred wildfowl 

 flighting into it at night. They seem to tumble to the ar- 

 rangements, and although they are always to be found in the 

 immediate neighbourhood of the pool they never lift into it 

 during the evening whilst the guns are concealed there with 

 the dogs. 



IN MEDIAS RE(ED)S. 



