Show A unfit alory 01 old 1 captain prout for foi whom fronts neck keek now it 11 well known summer resort is named was it noted runner gunner iu fu tile daas waterfowl mere plent yin ihna vicinity early I irly one spring 1860 or there about said haul an ail old settled to me lie brought lioma ionic front from the west indies it a gun gna the lie like of 0 which had never been een ly by the natives it n emizi about a to ame nud and weighed wiK leil sonic some thatty po counis 1 1 rids soon after its at rival there calne anno a 1 eavy ind tle tile next morning it a ponil a couple niile of itches in extent balk cf alic no 0 o thick that another one could dot poi lily bly have alicei squeezed lu iu nere here was nn ail to try thee the new gun nin ail loading it with a charge of one fout lit or of a conni or of powder and one half pound of shot allot lie sallied salli eil forth AC 1 lie col of the limn the piece and stepped out with it held in readiness when within forty yards all ail the ducks jumped as one bird the captain aimed at tile the middle of the masa and fi libed I 1 ed 1 here my informant stopped asaf expecting in some encouragement and somewhat against my vi ill I 1 felt constrained to ask how many dill did lie get wal lie he replied lie fie get any lie undershot but bait lie he picked up three bushels of ducks legs forest and boreani atrean |