32G 
newed in the above period. Reeds fur 
repairing screens, turf, rent, decoy ducks, 
and many et-ceteras are also to be included 
and the repayment all depends upon the 
haunt of Fowl which take to the pond." 
" In working, the hemp seed is thrown 
over the screens in small quantities, to 
allure the fowl forward into the pipes ; of 
which there are several leading up a narrow 
ditch, that close at last with a funnel net. 
Over these pipes, which grow narrower 
from the first entrance, is a continued arch 
of netting suspended on hoops. It is ne- 
cessary to have a pipe for almost every 
wind that can blow, as upon this circum- 
stance it depends which pipe the fowl will 
take to; and the decoy man always keep to 
lee ward of the wild fowl, that his effluvia 
should not reach them : and this he like- 
wise takes a further care to prevent, by 
keeping a piece of turf burning in his 
mouth or hand: for such is the acute 
sense of smelling which wild fowl possess, 
that, should the pond be full of fowl if 
they scent a man not a bird would remain 
in it a moment. Along each pipe are pla- 
