Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 104
ance. As they swoopeddown with set wings and making a loud, swish-ing noise, they were a fine sight, well worth anhours waiting. Although ducks are very wary and alert, they do not readily see danger when they are about to alight in the water. This appears to be a rather difficult act, for it seems… … BLACK DUCKS AND YOUNG AS WE SAW THEM A FEW MONTHS AGO. I am sure I would not exchange the quiet surprise and pleasure I feel, as, on rounding some point or curve in the stream, two or moreducks spring suddenly out from some little cove or indentation in the shore, and with an alarum Quack, quack,…
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