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... wild - fowl during the season , but even Paris is indebted to this prolific source for a por- tion of its constant and abundant supply , as I believe they have no decoys in France similar to ours . Very few , if any , chasseurs pursue ...
... wild - fowl during the season , but even Paris is indebted to this prolific source for a por- tion of its constant and abundant supply , as I believe they have no decoys in France similar to ours . Very few , if any , chasseurs pursue ...
Side 137
... wild - fowl rarely move during the night , when once settled to their feeding places , unless , by some accident , they may have been disturbed ; but sometimes a shot or two is had when the moon is up . C The places selected for the ...
... wild - fowl rarely move during the night , when once settled to their feeding places , unless , by some accident , they may have been disturbed ; but sometimes a shot or two is had when the moon is up . C The places selected for the ...
Side 138
... wild - fowl night and morning . I resided during several winters close to a large marais , which was distant about seven miles from the sea . In and about this there were from thirty to fifty huts ; and as the place of my abode , at ...
... wild - fowl night and morning . I resided during several winters close to a large marais , which was distant about seven miles from the sea . In and about this there were from thirty to fifty huts ; and as the place of my abode , at ...
Side 140
... wild- fowl of all kinds , together with plovers and snipes , all coming from the same direction against the wind , as if they had all one destined point to reach ; and although all these birds of passage invariably travel against the ...
... wild- fowl of all kinds , together with plovers and snipes , all coming from the same direction against the wind , as if they had all one destined point to reach ; and although all these birds of passage invariably travel against the ...
Side 141
... wild fowl , this being a signal for the commencement of their nocturnal operations . 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 ...
... wild fowl , this being a signal for the commencement of their nocturnal operations . 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 ...
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