UPLAND SHOOTING. 
303 
After proceeding to give some further information with re¬ 
spect to accoutrements, among others of which he expatiates on 
the absolute necessity of a small pocket telescope as part of the 
wild-fowl shooter’s equipage, he gives an account in extenso 
of the best method to be adopted for getting within shot of wild¬ 
fowl, when seen feeding on, or within shot, of the shores of an 
inland loch or pond. These, as they are of the utmost value 
and interest in themselves, as there are thousands of localities 
exactly such as he describes, in every region of the United 
States, from the rock-girdled, pine-embosomed lakelets of Maine 
and the Eastern States, to the limestone pools of the Pennsylva¬ 
nian Alleghanies, to the limpid basins set in the oak openings 
of Michigan and Illinois, to the gleaming waters that lie unshel¬ 
tered from the sun’s brightest beams in the centre of boundless 
prairies, all of which, in their proper seasons are absolutely 
alive with wild-fowl of every description, and as to all of these, 
my author’s views are distinctly and directly applicable—I shall 
extract without alteration or abridgment; observing only, in 
addition to what I have already stated, that the species of fowl 
to which he has reference, are nearly in all respects identical 
with our own. 
“ Having now equipped our wild-fowl shooter, we will,” he 
says, “ again bring him to the shore. His first object should be 
to see his game without being seen himself, even if they are at 
too great a distance to show signs of alarm. To effect this he 
must creep cautiously forward to the first point that will com¬ 
mand a view of the shore for some distance ; then, taking out 
his glass, he must reconnoitre it by inches, noticing every tuft 
of grass or stone, to which wild-fowl asleep often bear so close 
a resemblance that, except to a very quick eye, assisted by a 
glass, the difference is not perceptible. If the loch be well 
frequented, he will most likely first discover a flock of divers, 
but must not be in a hurry to pocket his glass, until he has 
thoroughly inspected the shore, in case some more desirable 
fowl may be feeding or asleep upon it. I will suppose that he 
sees some objects that may be wild-fowl. Let him then imme* 
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