. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. BUCK. 105 makes hafte to kill the firfl: coiners; for in this late feafon the night creeps fafl on, and as the Ducks alight only in the duflc, the time is pre- cious. But a greater capture may be made by fpreading a net over the furface of the water, and leading the drag into the hut 5 in this way the whole flock of wild ducks decoyed by the domeftic calls will be taken. This fport re- quires a ftock of patience; and the fowler, mo- tionlefs and half-frozen, is more l
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. BUCK. 105 makes hafte to kill the firfl: coiners; for in this late feafon the night creeps fafl on, and as the Ducks alight only in the duflc, the time is pre- cious. But a greater capture may be made by fpreading a net over the furface of the water, and leading the drag into the hut 5 in this way the whole flock of wild ducks decoyed by the domeftic calls will be taken. This fport re- quires a ftock of patience; and the fowler, mo- tionlefs and half-frozen, is more likely to catch cold than game. But the plcafure ufually pre- dominates, hope urges him to renew his appli- cation ;â*and the fame night, that blowing his fingers, he fwears never to return to his frozen and take his aim; if he faw a flock of wild Ducks in the air (and they often pafled, becaufe at this feafon of fport they were fired at on all fides in the marlhesj he let loofe two or three of his tame drakes, which took flight and aliglitcd within thirty paces of tlic fentry-box, where he had fcattered fome grains of oats, which thefe drakes gathered greedily, for they were kept hungry ; there were alfo fome female Durks faitened to fome poles fluck into the banks, and hid clofe on the furface of the water, fo that thefe Ducks could not come to the brink, but were obliged to call upon the tame drakes. The wild ones, after feveral turns in the air, ftooped down- wards and followed the tame drakes, or, if they lingered too long, the perfon difpatched a fecond flight of drakes, and even a third, and then ran from his obfervatory to his hut without being perceiv- ed ; all the banks were ftrewed with branches of trees and witli reeds ; he opened that loop-holc which anfwered beft, obferved the favourable moment when he could fire without killing his calls, and as he pointed on the furface of the water, almoll horizontally, and faw the Ducks heads, he killed fometiines five or fix
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