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1864, Henry Coleman Folkard, Esq., The Wild-fowler : A Treatise on Ancient and Modern Wild-fowling, Historical and Practical, 2nd edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, page 141:Directly the punter discovers any birds, if within reasonable distance, he lies down at once, unships his oars, and proceeds to approach them through the assistance of the paddles. If in deep water, he will confine himself to the use of these alone, for the purpose of “setting up” to the birds : but in shallow water he generally resorts to the setting-pole, i. e., a small pole about eight or ten feet in length, shod at the lower end with an iron ferrule, or a lump of lead, so as to assist it in sinking to the bottom. If the setting-pole has a forked end, it will be found useful in pinning down wounded birds by their necks, when pursuing them on the ooze. When the punter requires one or both hands inside the punt, for the purpose of steadying the gun and pulling trigger, or otherwise, he need not take in the paddles at the moment, but may leave them hanging over the sides of the boat.