The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain Accompanied with descriptions . he decoy-manshand: when they fly abroad, it is not known whither theygo—but it is to some parts of the continent of Europe,where they meet with others of their own kind, and, sortingwith them, they draw together vast numbers, and kidnapthem from their own country—for, being once brought outof their knowledge, they follow the decoys, who frequentlyreturn with a vast flight of fowls along with them, after beingabse
The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain Accompanied with descriptions . he decoy-manshand: when they fly abroad, it is not known whither theygo—but it is to some parts of the continent of Europe,where they meet with others of their own kind, and, sortingwith them, they draw together vast numbers, and kidnapthem from their own country—for, being once brought outof their knowledge, they follow the decoys, who frequentlyreturn with a vast flight of fowls along with them, after beingabsent for several weeks. When the decoy-men perceivethey are returned, and that they are gathering and encreas-ing, they go secretly to the ponds side under a cover madewith reeds, so that they cannot be seen, where they throwover the reeds handfuls of corn in such shallow places as thedecoy-ducks are usually fed in, and where they are sure tocome for it, and to bring their new guests along with themfor their entertainment. This they do for two or three daystogether, and no immediate harm follows to the poor stran-gers, till throwing in this bait once or twice in an open wide. ^^^/^.y^//?? ry^ (.^^^n/Azyy^y;!!^ ,^..^71^^^. rr^yitccr^, ^^Xm,}^-^^ IV-^. ABBEY. place, it is afterwards thrown into a narrower place, wherethe trees which hang over the water and the banks, and standcloser together, and then in another still closer, where thetrees are over-head like an arbour, though considerably abovethe water; here the boughs are so artfully managed,that a large net is spread over the tops of the trees amongthe branches, and fastened to hoops, which reach from sideto side. Here the decoy-men, keeping unseen behind reeds, go forward, throwing corn over the reedsinto the water. The decoy-ducks greedily fall upon it, andwheedle the wild ones forward, till by degrees they get thewhole within the arch or sweep of the net above the trees,and which
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