The vessel "Iolanthe" that Keller, Harvey McMurchey, and John Parker shared ownership in was referred to in several ways, but in the description of the wreck of the boat in 1895, it was described as a schooner with five smaller duck boats tied to her, breaking loose from the anchor chain with 250 fowl and 135 decoys aboard. The vessel and guns were saved, but the five boats and fowl and decoys were lost. I don't know whether the "fowl" were live decoys or dead ducks. John Parker was in charge of the boat at the time. Maybe Drew would link the account described in the December 14, 1895 edition of Sporting Life. I used "keller, decoys" as search words.
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