The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-27
From the .NeU York Mirror,
WATER FOWL.

"WHY the" exclaimed Sam, at the top OF
what little voice he had left
Not that Sans voice proper bore less COM
pass than its wont; but after running at ones full
speed for mile, can't be said to have positive
control of ones entire organs.
In fact, the sounds are in such case, less DIS
tinctly articulated, and come from the mouth with
an interspersion of puffs and blows
Not such puffs and as one sees IN newspapers.
Not such blows as one sees at the Five's Court.
But the physical man being agitated by violent
exercise, is thrown into that state winch
In short Sam was nearly out OF breath:
And, under such circumstances, no man can
be expected to speak very loud, even though he
spake, as not long since remarked that sam
did. at the top of his present voice, 4 e.. ms
voice now constituted: viz his voice abridged
some tvo-thirds ofits natural capacities by tenn
porary, a contingent, but by no means hope
less deficiency of breath
| Breath being, as l may say, requisite TO all
| speech. saving and excepting that utterance OF
| the ewes and fingers, of which poets and mutes
prattle so literally.
G WHY the-n(as l was saying) cried Sam,
in tone of mingled surprise, curiosity, and i'm
patience-all three of which passions were salts
! factorily accounted for by the circumstances OF
the case,-and believe the impatience Pseslo'Fs-
| mated; though, Indeed, the whole three were en-
bodied in SCUM but little more potent than
whisper.
And certainly, if whispers are ever justifiable,
it did seem as if the present instance came with
in the category; for here sat- all in bunch. hud-
died together, and tossing to and fro with the va
| citations of the wind, as large and tempting
| flock
tsWbv the devil don't YOU shoot'" screamed
Sam. in the Whisper aforesaid, thereby interrupt
inc abruptly all cogitation and explanation
At the same time he raised, with singular
| " determined and emphatic motion, his own
s;queen's arms" bringing it to cock as he
brought it to his shoulder, with click like the
explosion of decorating cap
Three seconds by the watch had not elapsed
| before ne covered three fine
ssThe very devil fly away with that internal
| frelock. which is lit for nothing but to scare
| gamen responded Joe, in an under tone, tremu-
| lous with rage.
And he accompanied his words with back
handed blow that nearly knocked the gun iron
! Sans grasp. and Impaired to his fore-hnger {
convuls;ve tyvitching which caused the trigger tC
retire the'aint to ly-and wh-s-s-E-hw went the Pri
ming with all the smoke and hiss and conhutter-
| alton of flash in the pan.
ttNow d-vour bonesm said Sam, aloud,
with an equally desperate and reckless eAgurgi-
taton; for the time both for reserve ana shooting
seemed past l<,u
Joe simultaneously cried out-E'There, you
eternal lubbcr; you've spoiled my shot and scar
ed the whole fiockw
The whole flock might have been large
number.
For have known as many as five thousand
that is-at least don't know about five thou
! sand.
Five thousand, you would remark, IS great
number; and SO, truly, 1t IS.
sin. when YOU consider the space between
two sizeable clouds in October
| However, on the whole.
/ Perhaps there were not absolu ely hive thou
sand: though | think l could qualify to not les:
| than
Still, as you remark, the exact number cannot
| be much to the purpose
i II is sufficient to say that no gun now in use
| could have bagged the whole at shot.
A man of ordinary temper generally bears te
be baked in favorite project, or purpose, with
but an i'll grace: nevertheless, some things can
be endured more philosophically than others:
| circumstances alter cases: what's one mans meal
is another mans poison: r pttri6fts ftiltoa ana
sine qua non: but probably of all the exaspera,
lions which stoicism itself can undergo, few, II
any, come up to baking a sportsman OF deci
dedly good shot
If you accidentally kill his Sog, he viii swear
If YOU upset the boat in crossing c-eek nc
will very unceremoniously wish you III (blank }
But if you would come in for a share oil ms
real doubie-forti6ed blue thunder, balk him OF a
good shot
That's all.
| Do it.
Try il once, if you never did try it.
Try it once.
And excuse me) bat once.
! fancy you would find that that "but" had
| meaning to it.
! By the way, when say good shot, ] mean
good shot.
Nor a squirrel on rail-
Nor score Of goslings IN a duck-pond'
mean snot to live and die for.
A large, broad, deep flock Of the true breed
land no mistake.
White under the wings.
: Full breast
!, Beak down.
And tail up.
!. Thirty yards; heading left; gradually cios'a
| files, thick as thunder-cloud