Rod and gun . that he shouldwalk down to the foot of the island andsee if there were any ducks in there. Macoftered him his gun as the lightest andPop set out. Hardly had he started whenMac got busy on the duck; It did nottake him long to convince himself thatthe duck was killed hv a shot from hisgun. One of the first bunches of feathershe pulled out blew into the muzzle of OldMag and gave him an idea. He pickedthe duck clean, stufi^ed the feathers downthe barrel of the old gun and putting somepapers on top rammed them down. When^op returned reporting no ducks he pro-posed (knowing well that P
Rod and gun . that he shouldwalk down to the foot of the island andsee if there were any ducks in there. Macoftered him his gun as the lightest andPop set out. Hardly had he started whenMac got busy on the duck; It did nottake him long to convince himself thatthe duck was killed hv a shot from hisgun. One of the first bunches of feathershe pulled out blew into the muzzle of OldMag and gave him an idea. He pickedthe duck clean, stufi^ed the feathers downthe barrel of the old gun and putting somepapers on top rammed them down. When^op returned reporting no ducks he pro-posed (knowing well that Pop would re-fuse the suggestion) that thev should re-turn home. .After a further wait of halfan hour Mac renewed his suggestionwhen Pop said ducks! verv low. Maclooked and saw a pair of Bluebills com-ing. Both sportsmen got readv but Mac,of course, did not intend to shoot. As the birds came on Pop swung him-self around with old Mag at his shoulderand, acting on Macs signal fired. The ROD AND GUN IN CANADA 437. S^ J3V%^^f«/^ DOOM! The starting gun. They re off. And,OlIVlCll Vl ^ the Standard leads. For, theres speed in a / an enginewith a pedigree Standard —the kind of speed you want—speedthat endures. Each piston stroke means power—every turn of the engine, efficiency. Even to listento a Standard engine at work is proof of its perfec-tion. The easy, even throb of its mechanism ex-emplifies the poetry of motion. And—look overthese records. They are conclusive evidence. STANDARD MARINE ENGINES lead because they have a pedigree—an ancestry of expert desigr irg, scitrt fieconstruction and tested materials. They act right and slay right becaise theyare built right. That is the foundation of their speed reliability and service-ability. And still another fact: Standard Engines always develop morethan their rated horse-power. There are many reasons why your boat should be equipped with a StandardEngine. One g-ood one is that they are EASILY THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF MARINE ENG
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