. Prairie and forest: a description of the game of North America, with personal adventures in their pursuit. Hunting; Game and game-birds. DUCKS m THOUSANDS. 259 my shooting-ground with a veiy large supply of ammuni- tion, and in two or three hours I had to cease, as my stock was exhausted. My stand was in a field of Indian corn that had been gathered into shocks, fi'om the back of one of which I took shelter from the blast as well as conceal- ment. Never shall I forget the scene. The ducks came in thousands, all flying before the wind, and if a dozen guns had been there instead of one, abunda
. Prairie and forest: a description of the game of North America, with personal adventures in their pursuit. Hunting; Game and game-birds. DUCKS m THOUSANDS. 259 my shooting-ground with a veiy large supply of ammuni- tion, and in two or three hours I had to cease, as my stock was exhausted. My stand was in a field of Indian corn that had been gathered into shocks, fi'om the back of one of which I took shelter from the blast as well as conceal- ment. Never shall I forget the scene. The ducks came in thousands, all flying before the wind, and if a dozen guns had been there instead of one, abundant work would have been found for all. On another occasion, in the same local- ity, two friends of mine killed in two or three hours in the. THE MALLASD. evening, and in an hour and a half the succeeding morning, eighty-four brace of mallard duck. In the spring of 1866, when in Iowa, the first day of thaw, I went for a stroll, scarcely expecting to find game; but when I got on the prairie land, I was perfectly astonished at the clouds of wild fowl arriving from the south, some of the ponds being so densely covered with duck that the surface could scarce- ly be seen. These birds were all coming from the south, where they had passed the winter. If any of our readers intend to go in for work, and do not object to roughing it,. 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 Gillmore, Parker. New York, Harper & Bros.
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