418 DIEECTIONS FOK BUILDING A BATTERY. 



box, platform and all will be lifted out of tlie water 

 and tossed skyward. Wear dull-colored clothes, nev- 

 er a red shirt, and a cap in battery shooting. And 

 first and last, remember never to rise to shoot before 

 the birds are well into the lower portion of the 

 stools. More birds are lost by getting up too soon 

 to shoot than from any other cause. 



