THE BOOK OF DUCK DECOYS. | |
| The Bedford Level, consisting of 400,000 acres, is divided into the Middle, South, and North Level. The greater part of the Middle Level and much of the South Level are in Cambridgeshire, including the whole of the Isle of Ely. | |
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DECOYS IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL. | |
| Decoys in use. None. | Decoys not in use. Trengwainton. |
| At Trengwainton, in the parish of Madron, near Penzance, now the seat of Mr. T. S. Bolitho, may be seen the remains of an old Decoy which was constructed by Sir Rose Price, the former owner of the estate, about 1819-20. Although large numbers of wildfowl at that date frequented the valley, and a good many used to be shot at three different pools, the attempt to decoy them was not successful, and the Decoy was abandoned before Sir Rose Price's death in 1835. This was not a properly constructed Decoy, or else it would have succeeded well, considering the favourable position in which it was placed. It was intended for a trap Decoy, and had no Decoy pipes as usually made. The pond was 6o yards square. At each corner was a small, short pipe leading to a net-covered enclosure of a few feet square. The entrances to the pipes had falling nets to shut the fowl inside the enclosures-should they enter them. In each enclosure was placed a sunken slab of stone on which grain was placed to attract the fowl from out of the pond. | |
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DECOYS IN THE COUNTY OF DERBY. | |
| Decoys in use. Hardwick Hall. | Decoys not in use. None. |
| Hardwick Hall the seat of Lord Hartington, 5 miles SE. of Chesterfield, near North Wingfield. A very perfect trap Decoy exists here, similar to those in use at Haughton, Ossington Hall, and Park Hall, in Nottinghamshire. | |