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CANVASS-BACK DUCK. 
rest, of his motions. When the look-out Ducks apprehend danger, 
the stretching up of their necks is the signal, and immediately the 
whole squadron, facing to the wind, rise with a noise which maybe 
heard at the distance of half a mile. 
The guns employed in Canvass-back shooting should be of a 
medium length and caliber ; and of the most approved patent 
breech. The Editor’s experience has taught him that a barrel of 
three feet, seven inches, with a bore short of seven eighths of an 
inch, is quite as effective as one of greater dimensions ; and is cer- 
tainly more convenient. It may appear a woi'k of supererogation to 
speak of the quality of powder to be used in this kind of sporting; 
and yet so often are shooters deceived in this article, either through 
penuriousness or negligence, that a word of advice may not be un- 
profitable. One should obtain the best powder, without regard to 
price ; it being an indisputable maxim in shooting, but which is 
too often forgotten, that the best is always the cheapest. 
