stands guard.

A taw line is drawn and from this the ducks are thrown at the drake,
each trying to knock him off his perch.

When a player has failed, he must recover his own duck, and in doing
so he runs the risk of being tagged by the boy guarding the drake. The
drake guardian cannot touch the other until he has put his hand on his
duck.

The best way is for the ducks to make a rush for their weapons at once
when most of them are sure to escape, whereas one has but little
chance. Whenever a boy is tagged he must assume the place of guardian.

If the drake is knocked off, all the boys make a rush for their ducks.
The drake cannot tag till he has placed the stone in position.

STONE THROW

This game may be played with from six to twenty players. When the game
is played outdoors, a large stone is placed on a boulder, and a player
stands to guard it. A line is drawn twenty or thirty feet from the
boulder. Here each of the other players stands in turn and throws a
stone at the stone on the boulder, which he tries to knock off the
rock. If he does not succeed he goes and stands by the place where
some stone has fallen, and waits until some one does succeed. If he
prefers, he may pick up his stone and try to run back to the goal
before the guard of the stone can tag him. If he reaches it in safety
he has a chance to throw again. When some one succeeds in knocking off
the stone all who have thrown may pick up stones and run back to the