The Decoy Duck : or the Drake Outwitted A man with a duck's head, surrounded by moneybags, crouches down on the banks of the 'Consular Pond'. He addresses a duck in the reeds on the other side of the pond: "If I thought all was safe I should like to dabble a while in this pond, _ I have a great mind to swim across! _ but O my dear friend M.D.L. _ if you should turn out a decoy duck after all". The duck in the reeds replies: "Oh dear Mr Drake - I wonder how you can fancy such a thing - don't leave your money bags behind you - depend upon it all goes swimmingly". Behind him can be seen a number of figures, including one who resembles Napoleon. [1804]