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to take note of the particular locality which affords the 

 attraction, also to glean all information possible from local 

 flight shooters, who will be found agreeable companions, 

 and, if treated with due respect, fairly communicative. 



Personally, when shooting in a new district, or late in 

 the season in a known district, we always prefer their 

 company for a few nights in order to make ourselves well 

 up-to-date in the lines of flight. On these occasions we lean 

 together over a marsh gate or barrier, listening with interest 

 to the many anecdotes they always have at the tip of their 

 tongue, learning much of the habits of the denizens of marsh- 

 land, until the time arrives when we must separate to take 

 up our respective stands for the evening. 



About two hundred yards down stream from Horning 

 Ferry is a bend of the river which lies nearest to Ranworth 

 Broad and the innumerable pulkholes in the bogs and 

 swamps, where an excellent stand for flight shooting will 

 be found, and many is the fowl the author has dropped of 

 an evening, with a mighty splash, shooting from this point ; 

 but the rands around are so boggy and dangerous that few 

 birds can be recovered without the aid of a good dog. 

 During the daytime little or nothing is seen ; almost all the 

 shooting is done when the sun has set and the air is alive 

 with birds, which one not accustomed to flighting may fail 

 to notice. 



Horning Ferry, situated about a quarter of a mile from 

 the village, and about a hundred yards or so from the up- 

 lands, is one of the most interesting spots in Broadland, not 

 only on account of its position, but also by reason of the 

 everyday country life to be seen when staying there. Many 

 a time during the day the old ferry boat is cranked over the 

 river with its living freight of horses, traps, beasts or stock, 

 which are being conveyed from one part of the marshes to 

 the other. The eccentric costumes of the Cockney and other 

 yachtsmen, who make this a favourite camping ground, 

 cannot fail to attract attention. The sporting annals of the 

 inn, dating back so many years, may well be dived into, and 



