In either case, the ducks, having something of the woman in their composition, gradually swim in, to ascertain the meaning or cause of these mysterious movements; and, once arrived within range, the sportsman rises suddenly, and, as the scared birds get on the wing, they receive the penalty of their curiosity in a murderous discharge.

These two methods they call "tolling;" and most effectual they prove for supplying the market.
Different nations exhibit different methods of ingenuity for the capture of game, &c.

I remember being struck, when in Egypt, with the artful plan employed for catching ducks and flamingos, on Lake Menzaleh; which is, for the huntsman to put a gourd on his head, pierced sufficiently to see through, and by means of which,--the rest of his body being thoroughly immersed in water,--he approaches his game so easily, that the first notice they have thereof is the unpleasant sensation they experience as his hand closes upon their legs in the depths of the water.
Of the town, &c., of Baltimore, I hope to tell you something more on my return.

We will therefore proceed at once to the railway station, and take our places for Pittsburg.

It is a drizzly, snowy morning, a kind of moisture that laughs at so-called waterproofs, and would penetrate an air-pump.