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Side 125
8 is the best sized shot if you do not expect any other game; but if there be a
chance of ducks or teal, No. 7 will answer every purpose — larger shot will not
succeed so well, but cause disappointment. I rather fancy the marais in the
vicinity of ...
8 is the best sized shot if you do not expect any other game; but if there be a
chance of ducks or teal, No. 7 will answer every purpose — larger shot will not
succeed so well, but cause disappointment. I rather fancy the marais in the
vicinity of ...
Side 137
upon a bar of wood, or piece of turf, under the aperture through which the muzzle
is presented, and as there is no occasion for hurry, the most deadly aim can
easily be taken, especially when a large flight of ducks is to be fired into.
upon a bar of wood, or piece of turf, under the aperture through which the muzzle
is presented, and as there is no occasion for hurry, the most deadly aim can
easily be taken, especially when a large flight of ducks is to be fired into.
Side 139
When this is the case, the hut is almost invariably placed in the centre ; and as
the water is only knee-deep, the huttier walks through with his marais-boots, fixes
his decoy-ducks to their different positions, and picks up his dead and wounded ...
When this is the case, the hut is almost invariably placed in the centre ; and as
the water is only knee-deep, the huttier walks through with his marais-boots, fixes
his decoy-ducks to their different positions, and picks up his dead and wounded ...
Side 140
During the whole of the day I observed large flights arriving — snipes dropping in
the marais, plovers upon the plain, ducks and teal in the river, and in different
large pieces of water in the marais. All the huttiers were of course out 140 ...
During the whole of the day I observed large flights arriving — snipes dropping in
the marais, plovers upon the plain, ducks and teal in the river, and in different
large pieces of water in the marais. All the huttiers were of course out 140 ...
Side 141
I killed, in four consecutive days, 120 snipes, with some few teal, ducks, and
golden plover. The amount killed by the huttiers, of ducks and teal, was large.
The huttiers seldom kill any other wild fowl from their huts than the common wild
duck ...
I killed, in four consecutive days, 120 snipes, with some few teal, ducks, and
golden plover. The amount killed by the huttiers, of ducks and teal, was large.
The huttiers seldom kill any other wild fowl from their huts than the common wild
duck ...
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