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down." Be patient, keep cool, aim ahead of the 

 birds, and keep wide awake. 



On almost any day, from the 25th of August to 

 the 10th of September, there are sport and pleasure 

 to be had among the wild sand-hills of Montauk ; 

 and if there has been a north-easterly storm, with 

 pitchforks full of rain and caps full of wind, there 

 will be such an abundance of birds as only experience 

 can conceive of or appreciate. That is an event 

 that most of us have yet to wait for. Reader, I 

 wish I were suiEciently unselfish to say honestly — 

 may you enjoy it first. 



