were never tired of ' Black Duck ' as a standing dish at 

 their messes. Most of these birds that were shot by us 

 were obtained by sailing down upon thern in a stiff 

 breeze, but I believe that in the Wash the ' dodge ' is to 

 moor boats in a tide-way and take the Ducks as they 

 pass to and from the mussel-banks upon which they 

 feed : as may well be imagined, the Scoter takes a 

 good deal of " knocking down," and is exceedingly 

 difficult to secure if only winged or otherwise slightly 

 wounded. 



