The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-17
HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS.
where the Bic thiers OF "MetompkIn'
liant Fish.

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liant Fish.
The American Field" has pictur-
esque description Of the hunting
grounds In the Northern Neck held by
the Mctompbin Association, OF which
Mr.. Page McCar ty is the president and
Major Holmes Conrad and DIR. Ben
johnson the other officers.
We copy the following from the
Eyeld.
"Tbc chiefs Of Metomplins hold
about 5000 acres Of the happiest hunt
ing grounds, where the canvas back
the redhCad, the bay.shovcler and the
mallurd dispOrt themselves all the win.
ter, and where the guai's ana wild
turkeys also prevail
But the best of all In the domain Of
MCiOmpkln Is the Chotank. creek Of his.
torical colonial fame, where the dil-
mond back terrapin or bay puller are
caught In hundreds This reptile Is not
pretty 10 behold. but when parboiled
and then put in chatting dish, sea.
sOued with little wine and butter and
s0UTcoH Of cayenne pepper and salt,
be Is a dclicacy 10 make the bones of
LuCullus rattle In his colin; for the
tabled dish Of brains Of pcucooks and
sOng.birds does not equal one taste of
the bay pullet when properly cooked.
above the creek Is a half ruined old
mansion on a bluff, and from this beau.
tiiul CyTie the river Is cut by two head
lands, and looks I'm the distance like
three lovely lakes that shine Ia the sun
light and on the water mirror the pink
sail pass as In mirage that seems fanci
full and unreal, so enhancing Is the ef.
feet II Is wilderness, but what fas.
cinating wilderness TO a hard worked
city man. And what a delicious sense
Of perfect freedom il gives ms.
"Bob's cousin and neighbOr has
pack Of hounds, and as Reynard about
here Is a very impudent land pirate we
hunt him regardless Of his courtlng
days The WiTy little half.bred Nir-
ginia nags will sCour the field and wood
land, clear he ragged fences and 90
through the close cover with as much
ardoT as the riders; but II this Is too
rough fOryou you can stand on the height
and see the chase take It's course and
hear the echoes play the variations on
ST. Hubert's splendid chorus.
AS late as April the mallaTd can be
shot, especially was this so this spring
Muhu hlA MAuAGl ANhCl lnOAEAA OF Us
seTting himself until he had lost the
deal. You Get in a canoe with the am
phibious coon in the stern TO paddle,
and If you sneak softly around the
turns Of the toTtuous streams Of Ch0tank
you may get a dozen double shots Ia
the morning at the gray and black
mallaTds. They have just paired of,
and as they rise al a jump from the
water II is a peculiarly fine shot.
When you pursue the canvas back, red
head, blackhead, OF bay shOyeleT, which
constitute the celeTy-feeding quartette,
you must dispense with the coon mate.
lie flat in the bottom Of the canoe, and
sCull your fTail shallOp with two creep
ing paddles about twenty four inches
long, held over the sides aud deftly
worked So that the ducks see nothing
but a white object on the water with the
rising sun behind the canoe. With pa
tieECe and skill the ducker will achieve
a brilliant result irrespective of the
abominable mechanical cOAtriYance like
a sink box