Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 470
est removing the ducks,and filling his basket and bag, carefully notchingthe stake of dwarf birch (Betula nana) whichwas driven down beside each nest to indicate thenumber of times it had been rifled ; for the olderducks begin to lay earlier in the season than the Scarcely had he dragged the eggs… … younger ones, and so the ownerof the egg-var has to know thehistory of each nest. heard a great outcry from theducks, and saw themall rise from their nests and go flapping,hissing, and quacking,, toward the water, beneathwhich they all plunged in agreat tumult, crying and splashing.The next moment…
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