THE RAIL, 



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NUMBERS KILLED. 



The number of Eails often killed on a single tide by one 

 Sliooter is almost incredible, wlien we take into consideration 

 the circumstance that the Birds are all shot singly, and if we 

 had not most authentic information regarding these statements, 

 we should hesitate to publish them ; but having obtained the 

 memoranda for 1846 from a reliable source, we cannot for a 

 moment doubt its correctness, and our own observations lead 

 us to believe that the accounts are not at all exaggerated. The 

 great abundance and luxurious profusion of the reeds along the 

 shores of the Delaware below Philadelphia, and the extensive 

 mud flats that are covered for miles with these plants, make 

 our river the favorite resort of Eails, as well as Reed Birds, 

 and the multitude that are slaughtered each season are beyond 

 computation. The following extract is taken from the paper 

 furnished us, and carefully compiled by Major Price, of the 

 National Hotel, Chester, and we select from it the best shooting 

 of the season of 1846 : — 



Sept. 3, J. Irwin killed . 

 4, J. M. Eyre 

 4, B. B. Pearson . 

 4, T. Thurlow 



4, E. Wells , 



5, Matzinger , 

 5, J. M. Odenheimer 

 5, B. Ford , 

 5, Wells 

 5, A. Worrall 



5, E. Wells , 



6, E. E. Eyre 



6, S. Smith 



7, J. R. Eyre 

 7, C. Price , 

 7, Bringhust , 

 7, H. Taylor , 

 7, H, Edwards 



