The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
FLIGHT OF THE MALLARDS.
IACTICs or 1WO MIRkET GUNNERs
ny AN ILLINOIs POND.
Vast Numbers OF Fowls Clustered on
Lake In the woods-Their Flight, Reap
penrance and the Destruction OF Many
-Ifnbi,s of the MaIInrds Their Beauty.

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McllENRN, III. Nov 3--lom Appleton chicI
Of guides, accompanied by LimDer JACK hurei'
came into town yesterday and the two oi them
looked like feather men. Around their neckS
and shoulders were wreathed ropes of maardS
and the ends Of the ropes dangled front and rear.
almost hiding their clothing from view Ihey
carried between them slSty-iwo mallards, and
the mallard, undressed. will weigh nearly four
pounds quite 200 pounds Of duck meat is what
their burdens represented and they had walked
with these loads from Loon Pond, which IL five
miles TO the southeast and deeply set in the.woods
Appleton has been shooting ducks along the
Fox River and IN Its small lakes every autumn
and spring for twenty years lie makes enough
money out Of 1t to enable him to pass the summer
In idlencss He has learned lot about ducks
and knows their calls and the differing habits oi
each variety A good part Of his earnings comes
from guiding city chaps here 10 shoot They
pay him So day food and drinks but when he
has found really good duck pass or place
where they have congrcgated In quiet 10 feed.
he keeps the knowledge 10 himself Nobody
can buy 1t from him for So day II Is worth
nil the way from So to s25 TO him as long ms lasts.
For u week past large nocks OF mallards have
been flying down and up the river at sunrise and
In n hurry THIS steady passage led Appleton
to think that the birds were roasting in Pistaqua
Lake a, night and feeding somewhere in the woods
., Us g 80 - ~ ~, ~ ''',
III daytime Saying ho!hnR 10 ANYBODY ne TOOK
his boat carly one morning. driflcd four miles
d,,,, .t,.,,, hid 4, IA. rusb.s aud q, oi,o1 r,,
"o"' ~" y, '"o ""u "o'"" ''
an hour lhc mallatds stream'd by MN AZ Il" great
height travelling due southeast forsakinu, tho
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over u' tops oi Une HetS' US Were Is ohly one
n ~. 4,
Enx and AXE Michigan he f,,u,cd ,b,, thar,
i'N nv 'Ne ',' "' "h"''u '"' 'n'''
would I've good sh"ouhg AT Loon fond, which
Is only mile from the stream.
lonn Pond ia n hundred vsrds wild. bv . mil.
i'nE' uecp III inc centre WIN shai'ow water Tor
twenty yards out from either bank II has no
y,sihlc inl,, ar nutl,t and 10 f,d ia, .r,,,rs
" 'S '''"'
Nush'S nays nee ana celery grow III II ana
great deal IT It's surface is covered with Illypads
,rh ,,,.,, Ia $40, ,,i,.,, 49,, - ,t 49,. 80,
Nv. ,"' :" e. o"p o" w" WIS S"'"
'h'hE I" "'h'h my Fafus oi H. there Is never
much wind 10 rutIe it, or to spoil the shooters
colonization II is nat much ,i.,trd h, .r,r,g
49, '"' ~ 'f''"
men ~'"uS" inc only way !" get at 1t ~ I" x"
down the river in boat, land and walk for mile
over rnua,h ground. covered win bushes Z ~ tho
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most pan hhh marshN III places. Appleton and
llurcll reached II before daylight stumbling
: ,,o, load ,,..s and ,,,r;,,, ,,, t,, ,,,. a.,
h, ,,,'t Ia,,. ''',' "
Tie hla'N dhrk' There was no object 10 I've at
tanned in getting there SO early, but the guide,
fc, , ru,i,,s,tv T., ..,, ,b du,l - ,,,r,, ia m.
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hid INN" tn hulh Small hfc quarter oi mile
from the water aud brew pot IT strong hlncl,
c,ncc n d,irl which s,,,,. ,L. .,,,.,.,,,, ,,,
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ket huh'f III h'U'r stead IMAM whlskry. Then
they stamped the fire out and blocked tho cold
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Wv" Wv '"' '' nus ""N'' "''
carry movers anu Inc chsi hhd begun IL show
only q iitir paIing of the stars when successive.
| snlssh.s IN IN. p,rd ,,,d ,ber, din, IA. cam,
' " " go, ~ '"' ""' wv N""''
was arriving ne men hhd s'cretcd themselves
behind trees lying bay 10 the ground and suck
,,, N, ,,.s ,.,, ,,t,,r thai. bt, ;,h III, ,t
20 ~ ~, W. > "' ~" ~ Wv - '"''N''
| 10y g'pd uhEHEhi thcrc "rr" dozen Hooks "
ducks on IN" water. swimming about and chrL
n,s- :, u.,..,r,. q, f,,sh ...,n, ~. ,,.,,,
'h " -" '''n''' III "''"a''
VIII not begin l" Iced untll The sun ~ up Tnc
| stream ~ importing wind fnwt widcrrd and deep
.u,d until h, Il an ,,,I,.l. ,b, -. anal o,,l,
VIZ '" ~ Wv -" w az vas NV" WV"
| CONTINUOUS rush NJ wings An hour later the
| fight had practically ceased and the surface #
| tho ,ond ,,.s.uted =, cb..,i,t. .i,,b, r,,r, .rI
49, =, =" ''s W ~" 'u'
'" emu ana rom Sihe To side 1t was p"Nulous with
| ducks The sun climbing hlgh enough To prcr
over Tho tons ~ ,h. ,rc.s ,Ii,,,, a ,,,,, 49, L,i
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hah' green mhHS ~ thr brakes which shone
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