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and goes forward to the end of the pipe next ihe lake, 
where he takes off his hat and gives it a wave between 
the shooting- ; all the fowl under the net can see him, 
but none that are in the lake can. The fowl that are 
in sight fly forward ; and the man runs forward to the 
next shooting and waves his hat, and so on, driving 
them along till they come to the tunnel net, where they 
creep in : when they are all in, he gives the net a twist, 
so as to prevent their getting back : he then takes the 
net off from the end of the pipe with what fowl he may 
have caught, and takes them out, one at a time, and 
dislocates their necks, and hangs the net on again ; and 
all is ready for working again. 
REFERENCES TO THE CUT. 
No. 1. Dog’s hole, where he goes to unbank the fowl. 
2. Reed fences on each side of the mouth of the pipe. 
8. Where the decoy-man shews himself to the fowl first, and 
afterwards at the end of every shooting. 
4. Small reed fence to prevent the fowl seeing the dog when he 
goes to unbank them. 
5. The shootings. 
6. Dog’s holes between the shootings, used when working. 
7. Tunnel net at the end of the pipe. 
8. Mouth of the pipe. 
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