. Bird-life of the borders on moorland and sea, with faunal notes extending over forty years. 450 BIRD-LIFE OF THE BORDERS 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 farther 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 decks for the cripple-chase" is the order of the day. Then for a long- half-hour we
. Bird-life of the borders on moorland and sea, with faunal notes extending over forty years. 450 BIRD-LIFE OF THE BORDERS 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 farther 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 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 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 fore-peak, we set our sprit-sail, our 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 the best shot 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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