. Florida and the game water-birds of the Atlantic coast and the lakes of the United States : with a full account of the sporting along our sea-shores and inland waters, and remarks on breech-loaders and hammerless guns . the slightest motion startlesnnd alarms the birds, that would possibly have ap-nroached the sportsman in full view if he had re-mained motionless. If they are suddenly perceived WILD-FOWL SHOOTING. 343 near at hand while the sportsman is standing erect,let him remain so without stirring a muscle, and notattempt to dodge down into the bUnd. The ducksmay not notice him—especial
. Florida and the game water-birds of the Atlantic coast and the lakes of the United States : with a full account of the sporting along our sea-shores and inland waters, and remarks on breech-loaders and hammerless guns . the slightest motion startlesnnd alarms the birds, that would possibly have ap-nroached the sportsman in full view if he had re-mained motionless. If they are suddenly perceived WILD-FOWL SHOOTING. 343 near at hand while the sportsman is standing erect,let him remain so without stirring a muscle, and notattempt to dodge down into the bUnd. The ducksmay not notice him—especially if liis dress is of asuitable color—among the reeds, but will inevitablycatch sight of the least movement. So much for general suggestions and advice, whichwill be regarded or disregarded by the gentlemenfor whom this work is written, much according totheir previously conceived ideas ; and which may ormay not be correct according to the opportunitiesof judging, and the skill of turning them to account,of the writer ; and now we will record a few per-sonal experiences, in the hope, if not of further eluci-dating and supporting the views herein expressed,of furnishing the reader with more interesting CHAPTER IX. DUCK-SHOOTING ON THE INLAND LAKES. Out West—way out West—a very long distancefrom our eastern cities in miles, but, thanks to steamand iron, a very short one in hours, upon an island ly-ing in a bay that debouches into one of the great chainof lakes, is situated a large, neat, white-painted andcomfortable house, Mdiere a club of sportsmen meetto celebrate the adv^ent and presence of tlie wildducks. The mansion—for it deserves tliat namefrom its extent and many conveniences—peeps outfi-om amid the elms and liickories that cover thepoint upon which it stands, almost concealed insummer by their foliage, but in winter protected, asit were, by their bare, gaunt limbs. From thepiazza that extends along the front a plank pathwayleads to the wharf, which
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