Outing . fcW«^. THE WORLD OF SPORT Our Game There are in this countryRefuges one hundred and three Fed-eral reservations for the pro-tection of wild life. These are scatteredall the way from Porto Rico to Hawaiiand are to be found in twenty-sevenStates and Territories. In addition thereare numerous State refuges of which nocomplete list has been made. This listlooks rather imposing on paper, but as amatter of fact it is only a tenth part ofthat which should be done. Compara-tively few of these refuges have beenstocked, and many of them are not yetsufficiently guarded to make them servetheir fu
Outing . fcW«^. THE WORLD OF SPORT Our Game There are in this countryRefuges one hundred and three Fed-eral reservations for the pro-tection of wild life. These are scatteredall the way from Porto Rico to Hawaiiand are to be found in twenty-sevenStates and Territories. In addition thereare numerous State refuges of which nocomplete list has been made. This listlooks rather imposing on paper, but as amatter of fact it is only a tenth part ofthat which should be done. Compara-tively few of these refuges have beenstocked, and many of them are not yetsufficiently guarded to make them servetheir full purpose. To quote from theBiological Survey Bulletin, Most of therefuges are on waste, mountain, ormarsh land, or on small islands of noagricultural value. When comparedwith the series of extensive parks andgame preserves created in Canada in re-cent years, or the still more extensivegame preserves in the British Colonies inAfrica, the area devoted in part to theincrease of wild life in the United Statesis st
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