304 SPORT AND TRAVEL PAPERS 



During my visit, alas ! but few wild ducks were on the pond. 

 That horrid falcon had frightened hosts of birds away ; and in 

 the afternoon when, unfortunately, we had to be there, the 

 ducks which remained were lazy and sleepy, and not by any 

 means anxious for the food so freely offered them in the pipes- 

 nothing would induce them to follow the decoys. Although we 

 had no sport, a visit to this very novel decoy pond proved of 

 great interest. 



