THE CANVAS-BACK DUCK. 3831 
shooting; and it is said that even the best of upland 
shots, or fowl shots, accustomed only to stooling, fail of 
success at first in this flight-shooting, from the difficulty 
of calculating the distance of the teams, and the rapidity 
of their motion. ~ 
And now, gentle readers, for our time, our topic, and 
our space, are all three exhausted, if you be bound in 
this, the best month, for the fair Chesapeake, steady be 
your hands, and sure your eyes; use Brough’s Hawkers’ 
ducking powder, and Starkey’s central fire caps, so shall 
your guns not fail you. May the winds blow, the tides 
flow, and the flights fly as you would have them. And 
so farewell to ye; and oh! that we were bound thither 
likewise, to beat you or be beaten, as it might be. 
