
46 THE MALLARD. 
pipes are made in a lake, they should be so constructed as to 
suit different winds. 
“Duck and mallard are taken from August to June ; teal 
or widgeon from October to March; becks, smee, golden-eyes, 
arps, cricks, and pintails or sea-pheasants, in March and April. 
“Poker ducks are seldom taken on account of their diving 
and getting back in the pipe. 
“Tt may be proper to observe here, that the ducks feed 
during the night, and that all is ready prepared for this sport 
in the evening. The better to entice the ducks into the pipe, 
hempseed is strewn occasionally on the water. The season 






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REFERENCES TO THE CUT. 
No. 
1. Dog’s hole, where he goes to unbank the fowl. 
2. Reed fences on each side of the mouth of the pipe. 
3. Where the decoy-man shows himself to the fowl first, and after- 
wards at the end of every shooting, 
4, Small reed fence to prevent the fowl seeing the dog when he goes 
to unbank them. 
5. The shootings. 
6. Dog’s holes between the shootings, used when working. 
7. Tunnel net at the end of the pipe. 
8. Mouth of the pipe. 

