Note 1. The author has himself, in the backwoods, taken four birds in succession off a tree in this fashion with a fowling-piece.
Chapter Nine.
Fishing Extraordinary.
Early on the following morning, Roy and Nelly rose to try the new style of duck-hunting which the former had devised.
“I wonder if it will do,” said the little girl, as she tripped along by her brother’s side in the direction of a marshy bay, which had been selected as the scene of their experiments. “How clever of you to invent such a funny plan!”
“Well, I didn’t exactly invent it, lass. The fact is, that I remembered father havin’ told me he had read it in a book before he left the settlements. I wish we had some books. Pity that we’ve got no books.”
“So it is,” assented Nell, with a touch of sadness in her tone.