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fly, at which time the real trials of the mother begin, for then 
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the young ducks are the especial prey of the duck hawk, the 
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‘In shallows at the channel-edge, 
The wild ducks come from North and East 
Innumerous gather to the feast. 
Oh! far and fast their flight hath been, 
From distant stream and marshes green, 
Where since the springtime’s earliest days 
They’ve linger’d, their young broods to raise. 
And now the gusty north winds pour 
Their winnowing pinions to our shore. 
McLellan. 
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