. Rod and gun . rink thewater, and readers can see that we donot expect a very fine table bird from offthe Pacific Ocean. To add to this taleof woe, the mallards, bluebills, hoodedmerganser, bufifle head, whistle , and I fear the teal, all eat of thedecaying salmon that yearly line the It has been wounded by some stray shotfrom those cursed new automatics, ashot aimed wildly at a big flock passingat a distance. The shore refuge offeredis such that the wounded bird dare notaccept. The mink, marten, owl andhawk all harbour along these it needs must drag its poorbroke
. Rod and gun . rink thewater, and readers can see that we donot expect a very fine table bird from offthe Pacific Ocean. To add to this taleof woe, the mallards, bluebills, hoodedmerganser, bufifle head, whistle , and I fear the teal, all eat of thedecaying salmon that yearly line the It has been wounded by some stray shotfrom those cursed new automatics, ashot aimed wildly at a big flock passingat a distance. The shore refuge offeredis such that the wounded bird dare notaccept. The mink, marten, owl andhawk all harbour along these it needs must drag its poorbroken wing to some tide surroundedrock from which it can slip at the ap-proach of danger. The crouching birdwatches the rising tide which splashesits spray almost to its feet. It is toostiff and ill to move swiftly, but there itsits, gathering strength and courage fora splash into the salt water as soon asthe waves threaten to float it off therock. At length it slides down. Wherecan it eo? Everv other wild duck will. The Hair Seal. The Steelhead Killer. banks of the spawning streams andrivers. The deaths of the diseased, injured,crippled and aged amongst the wild fowlis indeed pitiful. Unlike the human ani-mals and the beasts of the fields theyhave no comfortable, well hidden habi-tation or even nest or hole in which tocreep away from their enemies—thewind, rain and waves and the birds andbeasts of prey. I have vainly tried tosteel my heart and induce my assistantto do the same, and despatch withouthesitation the poor helpless things wemeet. Take the case before me as I on the top of a huge rockthat peers above all save these late win-ter tides, sits a wild duck, a meganser. avoid- this sick and injured thing asthough it were an enemy. Scentingsomething unusual in the slow creepingmethod of its progress—and with themthe unusual always means danger—theyturn on it and drive it away from theflock. Now a great war canoe with bulg-ing sail sweeps along before the st
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