. Bird-life of the borders, records of wild sport and natural history on moorland and sea. Birds -- Great Britain. 28U BIRD-LIFE OF THE BORDERS. second uitli the trigger-strin-,' (for "tipping" a punt-gun is no child's play); then up goes the long barrel, and afar across the darkening waters resounds her thunderous boom. Ye gods ! I'm among 'em ! right in the thick of them ! Mark ! three—five—six—seven—eight—fall all round us ; fall in curving lines, each with a sousing " flop " into the sea, while at least two more slant away, body-struck, to fall dead a little further out
. Bird-life of the borders, records of wild sport and natural history on moorland and sea. Birds -- Great Britain. 28U BIRD-LIFE OF THE BORDERS. second uitli the trigger-strin-,' (for "tipping" a punt-gun is no child's play); then up goes the long barrel, and afar across the darkening waters resounds her thunderous boom. Ye gods ! I'm among 'em ! right in the thick of them ! Mark ! three—five—six—seven—eight—fall all round us ; fall in curving lines, each with a sousing " flop " into the sea, while at least two more slant away, body-struck, to fall dead a little further out. It was a glorious shot for a tipped one. But there is no time to revel in the triumph of the moment, for only one of our Geese lies actually dead, and " clear the decks for the cripple-chase " is the order of the day. Then for a long half-hour we pole and shove, as no galley-slave ever toiled before ; we toil till the perspiration half blinds us, banging away the while with the cripple-stopper till all our "pensioners" lie stretched and prostrate on the sea. Then, with joyous hearts and a full forepeak, we set our sprit- sail, out centre-boards, and spin away homeward with wind and tide at eight knots through the gloaming, delighted with the final success of our eighteen hours' toil, and its reward in tlic hcst sliot of the 'A Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929. London : Gurney and Jackson
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