Shooting, Moor and Marsh, 4th ed. (the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes) (1893)
Walsingham, Lord, Gallwey, Ralph Payne Sir, Duke of Beaufort (Ed.) · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 260
WILDFOWL SHOOTING ON SHORE. 229 days, and perhaps weeks, denied them. When once they have made up for lost time, and enjoyed an abundant feed, they are as wild as ever. It cannot be too strongly impressed upon a wildfowl shooter that he should make the best use of the first of a thaw, for the… … or fens, you cannot expect to do so from seeing feathers about, as these may have been drifting to and fro for weeks. Strike a match ; the sudden appearance of the spark (which at once blow out) will instantly set all the fowl within a long distance fluttering up, and you cannot fail to hearthem.…
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