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The general season for taking wild fowl 
in decoys is from the latter end of October 
until February. The taking of them ear- 
lier is prohibited by Act of Parliament. 
We could have wished to have presented 
our readers with the number of wild Fowl 
taken in the different decoys in the coun- 
ties of Norfolk and Suffolk, but found that 
to be impracticable. They must in certain 
seasons amount to an incredible number. 
Mr. Pennant states that thirty one thousand 
two hundred have been taken in one season 
in the decoys in the neighbourhood of 
Wainfleet. 
It is in the month of October that the 
Wild Duck begin to appear in this coun- 
try. At first, their flocks are small and 
nnfrequent; but these are succeeded in 
November by more numerous bodies^ 
They may be distinguished in their flights 
by the oblique lines, and regular triangles 
they form in the air. 
As long as the season continues mild the 
aquatic insects and small fish, the frogs 
which have not yet crept under the mud, 
the seeds of the bull-rush, the water lentil, 
