THE WATER-RAIL 



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were it so, notwithstanding its habits of concealment, my dogs 

 would, when looking through the wet places and ditches for 

 snipes, certainly find it oftener than they do. I sometimes see 

 it in frosty weather, feeding at all hours of the day in a running 

 stream or ditch, busily searching among the weeds for its 

 food. 



LOCH INDOREH 



