"She's a thoroughbred if ever I saw one, and does credit to her blood.

But go on--tell me about the birds.

Are they flying high ?--and the duck blinds; have they fixed them up?
They were all going to pot when I was there last." "Birds out of range, most of them--hard work getting what I did.

As to the blinds, they are still half full of water--got soaking wet trying to use one.

I shot most of mine from the boat just as the day broke," and then followed a full account of what the party had bagged, with details of every day's adventures.