WILD FOWL SHOOTING. 



WILD fowl shooting in America may properly be distin- 

 guished into three classes : the Chesapeake Bay shooting, to 

 which, as the finest of all, both in the quality of the game 

 killed and the greatness of the sport, the palm must be 

 assigned ; sea-shooting, over decoys, which, though tedious, 

 and requiring much exposure to wild wintry weather, is 

 a favorite amusement with enthusiastic sportsmen ; and 

 lastly inland duck-shooting, which, in the places where it 

 is to be had in perfection, is a most exciting and delightful 

 pursuit. 



The game killed, in these three different kinds of 

 sport, are as different as the modes adopted of bringing 

 them to bag. 



