

io28s: B.viyR+D 6.2 “41g 
yet it will fpread fo much, as to fill a cite five 
feet {quare. 
'Befides thefe, there are many others of the Anas 
| kind; the Golden Eye, the Wigeon, the Pintail 
~ Duck, the Pochard, the Garganey, and the Teal. 
“The Mallard, or common Duck’s bill is ftrait; 
the middle tail feathers of the male turn up; the 
head and neck are of a deep fhining green; the 
upper part of the breaft, of a purplifh red: it has 
a rich purple {pot on the wing. . The birds of this 
fpecies pair in the {pring, and lay from ten to — 
fixteen eggs. In Lincolnfhire they are wild, and 
in great numbers ; and many are taken every. year 
in decoys. 
_ Adecoy is a large pool, furrounded by trees: 
E hom the pool there are feveral pipes, or channels, 
which grow narrower ; the fides of ‘thefe pipes 
are planted with reeds, fo that the decoy man 
can walk behind them without being feen; and 
they are covered with a net, which is fupported 
by hoops, in the form of an arch, 
There are Ducks, called Decoy-ducks ; thefe 
are tamed, and taught to come when they hear 
‘the decoy-man’s whiftle: he throws hemp-feed ~— 
on the water, efpecially i in the pipes, or channels ; 
__ and this hemp-feed fwims: the decoy-ducks ‘come 
iQ eat it, and are followed by the other Ducks, up 
8 ’ this 

