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It is extraordinary how difficult peewits are to shoot at 

 night when the elements are rough ; like leaves blown by the 

 wind, they hover, whirl, and twist about in all directions. To 

 attempt to follow-on is useless ; it is only the smart snap-shot 

 which brings them lifeless to the ground. When on an 

 expedition of this kind it is advisable to carry a long 

 pole having a small board about four inches square or \ 

 round firmly attached at one end. This pole is used 

 for jumping the ditches, and the object of the board 

 is to prevent the pole sinking too far down in the ooze, 

 which everywhere abounds. With a pole such as de- 

 scribed, light, and only ten or twelve feet long, with a 

 sling in which to carry one's gun, a fairly active man 

 should be able to take a bee line in all directions over 

 the marshes and their incomprehensible network of 

 dykes and drains. Of course, the shooting on these 

 marshes is private, but little, if any, game is ever found 

 there. Wildfowl and seabirds claim them as their own, 

 and at night are feeding to their hearts' content upon 

 them in all directions. Should the trespassing visitor 

 be approached by a marshman or others, he will find 

 that a civil explanation, a pipe of tobacco and the price 

 of a drink goes a long way to open up the marshes to 

 him, as well as to find him sport. The owners of the 

 marshes do not, as a rule, object to the visitation of 

 the flight shooter, unless there be game in the neigh- 

 bourhood which they are preserving for themselves or 

 friends. 



The angling between Acle and Yarmouth is practi- 

 cally a dead letter, although in the reaches near Acle Bridge 

 good bags are made. The visitor will do well to visit the Angel 

 Inn, which stands on the banks of the river immediately ad- 

 joining the bridge, where good accommodation is obtainable as 

 well as boats, baits, luncheon, tackle, guns, traps and every other 

 requisite. The village of Acle is worthy of a visit. It lies 

 about one mile from the river, and contains two good village 

 hostelries, where accommodation for man and beast can be 



