THE WILD DUCK. 
Duck. The men have an odd kind of trap to take 
the wild fowl with. I will tell you how this is done. 
The men on the farm get a Duck made of wood, so 
like a real one that it is not easy to see that it is 
not one. This Duck is made to swim on the lake, 
and it is kept near the side by a line. The men 
hide in the reed beds, and lie in wait till the wild 
fowl see the Duck that is made of wood : as they 
do not know that it is not a real one, they feel safe 
as long as they see it on the lake, so they fly down 
to join it, and when they come near they are shot 
by the men who are in wait for them. The Wild 
Duck is not so big as the tame one, but it can fly 
very well, and dive and swim. Wild fowl of this 
kind fly in a long line, and, for the most part, just 
as it gets dusk. 
