The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-28

through the thicket, and darts down the
beach. The surface of the lake that
moment before was almost tranquil,
shining with the crimson luster of the dy-
ing day, is now a scene of wild COmmO-
ton. beaten into foam and spray by the
sinewy piniOns of half a score of manglod
wild fowl. The sportsman does not hest
tate, pauseS not to divest himself of
garment, but rushes into the lake, and
swinging, wading, tumblng about, hunts
his game in its own element with the skill
of an experienced retriever. He wrings
the birds necks with the lawless con
science of a chicken stealing poacher, and
throws their bodies ashore. Some of the
fowl elude him, eventually may escape
but most of them he bags, and returns
home through the darkeninC wood and
meadow lands, laden with spoils.
The two hest places on the North At
lantic coast to hunt wild geese are at
Nauset Beach and Monomoy Point. Cape
Cod and the lonely ocean beach at Quono-
choutaug, h. l. The life-saving men pW-
sue them relentlessly and with enthusi-
asm. At QuonochOutaug the spOrtsmen
hunt them in the many salt water ponds
and bayous of the Southern Rhode Island
seaboard and along the bare and desolate
beach itself, roaring necessarily with the
impact of the ocean surgeS. Very expert
are these marksmen, whOnO infrequently
day, and are equally successful at the
sport with rife or shotgun. The most
noted hunter is Capt Hillyer Burdick
who often drops from three to FIVE birds
on the wing at a single shot. Roast wild
goose is on the bill of fare of the Quono-
Choutaug life-savers daily for month or
six weeks twice each year, and most of
the time they supply all the farmers in
the region with the dish
PERHAPS the most rpmark1 HE lOno wing
shot on record in this land was that of
Joseph Chesebro of the Fishtown district,
near Noank, on the coast, in this county
at a flock of geese a few days ago. Joseph
was hunting small wild fowl among the
knobs at the Atlantic beach when the
geese came tearing along flying low max
ing northward. They passed the hunter
a quarter of a mile distant, but Joe was
armed with a fine 22-caliber repeating
rife, and Just for fun, he said, he pulled
up his piece and let go, aiming a good
piece ahead of the pilot goose
He didn't hit him, didn't expect
ton fact, didn't much hope to
hit anything in particular the little
leaden slug sped true, and pinged the third
gray goose in the right arm of the flying
wedge. Down came the big fellow, like
lump of wood, but the ball had only
crippled one of its wings, and it instantly
got on its feet and ran among the downs
like wild goose, Joseph gallOping after
it. After a smart chase the hunter got it,
took it home and clipped its wings 1t is
now i'll ChesebrO's hen yard at Noank,
with geese and goslings, trying to get used
to the business of being a tame wild
goose with two shortened pinions. 1t is
a handsome, great fellow, and weighs
about twenty pounds.
Several flocks of mammoth size crossed
this county in the past week, but the
largest one was noted by a farmer at
Sterling Hill, in Windham county, not
long ago. Il counted POO birds" said he,
land then it got out of sight. didn't
get more than half of them"
Wild fowl of many kinds are reported to
be unusually plentiful all along Long
Island sound this season, ducks being
especially numerous. On a recent trip of
the sound steamer City of New York of
the Norwich line from New York, a big
duck, misled by the vessels bow light
flew against the pilot house and was in
stantly killed. 1t fell on the deck 1t
weighed four and one-half pounds.