... in the pond. He explained that his friend was in the water; so I waited to see what would happen. After some time his friend landed wearing a large bamboo collar or cangue, and carrying a basket containing a few wild and three tame ducks secured together... With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley - Страница 181по Henling Thomas Wade - 1895 - 187 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Hugh Alexander Macpherson - 1897 - 654 страници
...containing a few wild and three tame ducks secured together by a string. He was dressed in goatskin with the wool inside ; his stockings were stitched...unsuspecting duck by the leg, and dragged it under water. I watched him until he had gathered nearly the whole lot." Similarly, the Egyptian employs the stuffed... | |
| Thomas R. Jernigan - 1908 - 382 страници
...string. His dress was of goatskin with the wool inside; the stockings were stitched to his clothing, and thus accoutred he immersed his body, using the cangue...placed bunches of grass, and on the cangue two or three decoy ducks. He would thus approach the wildfowl and, when near enough, dexterously catch the unsuspecting... | |
| HENLING THOMAS WADE - 1910 - 324 страници
...containing a few wild and three tame ducks secured together by a string. He was dressed in goat-skin, with the wool inside: his stockings were stitched...unsuspecting duck by the leg, and dragged it under water. I watched him until he had gathered nearly the whole lot. SHOOTING WILD DUCKS- tf H 1 IS Probably no... | |
| 1911 - 720 страници
...containing a few wires and three tame ducks secured together by a string. He was dressed in goat-skin, with the wool inside ; his stockings were stitched...oiled as to be nearly waterproof. Thus accoutred he walked into the water, using the cangue as a float. On his hat were placed bunches of grass, and on... | |
| Ernest Henry Wilson - 1913 - 376 страници
...containing a few wild and three tame ducks secured together by a string. He was dressed in goat-skin, with the wool inside ; his stockings were stitched...unsuspecting duck by the leg, and dragged it under water. I watched him until he had gathered nearly the whole lot." " Shooting Wild Ducks. — Probably no man... | |
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