Chapter I: Preface

The main object of this book is to assist those who are anxious to rear wild ducks on economical lines. The Author is not without hope that the pages which it contains may even be of some use to old hands at the game.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. SELECTION OF STOCK AND THEIR HOME 13

II. LAYING AND SITTING 25

III. HATCHING AND REARING 41

IV. SHOOTING 61

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES

_From Drawings by_ G.E. LODGE

THE FLEET AT FLIGHT TIME _Frontispiece_

ON GUARD _To face p._ 25

A TIDY MOTHER 33

QUITE TALL ENOUGH 61

FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

COMING IN TO FEED 16

THE CAGE 20

THE REARING PADDOCK 41

A SMALL RUN 46

WARE WIRE! 48

WIRED IN ON THE WATER 51

AN INEFFECTIVE CRIPPLE STOPPER 64

BEFORE THE EVENING MEAL 67

A RIGHT AND LEFT 69

AT THE END OF THE DAY 70

COMING ON A SIDE WIND 73

LADIES IN WAITING 74

SELECTION OF STOCK AND THEIR HOME

WILD DUCKS