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DUCK-DECOYS. 
hempseed. A dog, which is generally preferred of 
a reddish colour, is also trained to play backwards 
and forwards between the screens ; and by sud- 
denly appearing, and running round a screen, the 
birds are attracted towards him. When a sufficient 
number of Ducks have thus fairly passed up the 
pipe, the decoy-man conies forward from behind the 
screens, upon which the whole flock, unable to fly 
upwards on account of the hoop net above, rush 
onwards to a funnel-net which opens on the land, 
where they are caught without difficulty ; the trained 
birds are of course immediately turned loose again. 
If well managed, a good decoy has heen known to 
produce several hundred pounds a-year. 
