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41. 



DECOYS. 



THE LAKES, and large pools, which 

 abound in the fouthern Hundreds of Eafl- 

 Norfolk, are the nurferies of innumerable 

 flights of wild-fowl, of various fpecies, but 

 principally ducks ; which are taken in great 

 numbers in decoys, formed on the margins of 

 thefe waters ; and which, in eligible fituations, 

 may well be coniidered as objedts of rural 

 economy. 



Much judgment is requifite in forming and 

 managing a decoy. A gentleman in this 

 neighbourhood had a perfon out of Lincolnfhire 

 to make one for him. But, after a great ex- 

 pence of cutting pipes, fixiag fkreens, nets, 

 &c. it proved unfuccefsful. The pipes were 

 too ilraight, too clofe and confined, and too 

 narrow at the mouth ; without any banks for 

 the wild-fowl to baik upon. Upon the whole, 

 it was too mu:h like a trap to be taken. 



The leading principles of a decoy are thefe. 



The 



