Western field . SHAD ARE PLENTIFUL. ONE MORNING^S BAG. evening flight, commencing at dusk and con-tinuing till dark. Comfortable cabins havebeen erected at many places down the riverto facilitate the sport. Four oclock sees the man who ordinarilyarises two hours after sun up, with gunready when he visits the tules. What is thewonderful spell cast on him by the changeof scene? Ducks, hunting ducks! He paddlesaway in the cold gray morning to his blindin the tules, warmed by his fervor for thesport. He has found a small stream and inthere has picked out a cove which his in-stinct tells him is the


Western field . SHAD ARE PLENTIFUL. ONE MORNING^S BAG. evening flight, commencing at dusk and con-tinuing till dark. Comfortable cabins havebeen erected at many places down the riverto facilitate the sport. Four oclock sees the man who ordinarilyarises two hours after sun up, with gunready when he visits the tules. What is thewonderful spell cast on him by the changeof scene? Ducks, hunting ducks! He paddlesaway in the cold gray morning to his blindin the tules, warmed by his fervor for thesport. He has found a small stream and inthere has picked out a cove which his in-stinct tells him is the place for ducKs. He isnot mistaken. Here he is amply rewardedfor the cold, the mist, the early paddle, theself-cooked breakfast! there is no greatersatisfaction out of heaven. Not even suddenfortune produces such a glow, for the de-. jMOK;; than he could ilANULK ALONE 112 WESTERN FIELD


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