CHAPTER XXII. 



WILD-FOWL SHOOTING. 



' Bat hark ! what sound is that approaching near ? 

 'Down close !' The wild ducks come, and, darting down. 

 Throw up on every side the troubled wave, 

 Then gayly swim around with idle play." 



THIS AMUSEMENT IN AMERICA. 



ILD-FOWL shooting, though not as popu- 

 lar or followed with the same zest by the 

 sportsmen of America as it is by those 

 of England and other countries, is never- 

 theless every season attracting increased 

 attention to its real merits as a manly 

 and exciting sport; and no doubt, as 

 the conveniences for visiting our bay 

 and sea-shores become more widely diffused throughout the various 

 portions of our Atlantic States, by the opening of new steam- 

 boat and railroad routes, our pleasure-loving and novelty-seeking 



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