6 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



TWO sroKTS ; ob, out fob a labk. 



An American and a German — Mr. Johnson and Mr. Bietrich — A 

 wise young man — His innocent chum — They will a hunting go — 

 Preparations and a start — Grub vergessen — Once again they start — 

 Jim's dog — Was it a fire? — Dawn at the"Docia" — A red duck 

 hoat — Wild duclcs — Jim's idea of decoys — Hans, is tired — They 

 criticise one another's hats — Very complimentary — A polite dog — 

 Hard luck — The dog eats a duclt — Hans private opinion publicly 

 expressed — Both fire at a duck — Good shot — Jim catches sport at 

 the base — Who killed the duck? An excited German — America »s. 

 Germany — Gooseberry rules — The star-spangled banner comes 

 down — Peaceful Deutchland — A duck retriever — " A sweet voice 

 yoost like honey" — Corporal punishment — Lunch a laVaterlandt 

 — Mr. Dietrich Sr., and the waiter — The farmer's boy — Eight mal- 

 lards — A guest — Fifty cents a piece ? — Casting bread on the water 

 — A story for home circulation — A trap shoot that never comes off. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



A MORNING WITH NATUEE, AND AN ArXEK^'OON WITH BUCKS. 



Pleasant recollections — In dreamland — Floating ice — A frosty morn- 

 ing — A cloudless sky — Brilliant effects of the morning sun — ^A grand 

 sight — A midday feeding spot — Alive with mallards picnicking — A 

 deluge of living feathers — Mr. Drake's arrival — Driyen out — In our 

 blind— Coaxing them to decoys — All kinds of shots; an incomer — 

 A high side shot — A difficult shot — My partner — Excitable ? Oh, 

 no ! — ^Delight in shooting cripples — Suicide of Mrs. Duck — An ac- 

 cident — Cold fingers — Forty-four mallards — ^Down the Mississippi 

 — How we found the ducks — ilark their flight — ^An assertion — The 

 fulfillment — How to tell a duck's age — How a man scented ducks 

 — An explanation — Hunting with judgment — Don't be selfish, but 

 enjoy Jfature — Things worth remembering. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. 



Fast disappearing — Where found — Manner of coming to decoys 



Decoy poorly— Early in the morning— In the swamps — In the stub- 

 ble fields. 



CHAPTER XXVIIL 



THE SNOW GOOSE. 



Found in Nebraska and Dakota — Associate with other geese ^Habits 



— Conspicuous in sunlight — ^Like banks of snow — ^Flight Shriek- 

 ing, discordant cries — Scandal-mongers — How to get a shot. 



