To those who live much out of doors a gun is a natural and almost a necessary companion, whether there be much or little to shoot; and in this desultory way, without much method or set sport, he and his friends, often meeting and joining forces, find sufficient ground game and wildfowl to give them plenty of amusement.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
Once now and then wildfowl come in countless numbers: it is said to be when they are driven south by severe weather.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
There is trade between all the hamlets near the swamps and their people; they bring fish and wildfowl, and baskets which they weave out of rushes, and sell to us in exchange for woven cloth, for garments, and sometimes for swine which they keep upon some of their islands.
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty