Outing . When they asked, they were toldthat a game refuge was a sanctuaryfor the hunted life of forest and stream,a home where it could rest and feed andmultiply, not a trap or a prison; thatsuch things were as contrary to natureslaws as blinds, snares, and pitfalls; thata perfect feeding and breeding rangeshould be absolutely bare of human de-vice and that birds and animals shouldbe as free to go as to come. But these pintails and gadwallswhich you brought all the way from thenorthwest, asked a credulous one; areyou going to let them loose? Why not? said the man in mocca-sins. True enough, t
Outing . When they asked, they were toldthat a game refuge was a sanctuaryfor the hunted life of forest and stream,a home where it could rest and feed andmultiply, not a trap or a prison; thatsuch things were as contrary to natureslaws as blinds, snares, and pitfalls; thata perfect feeding and breeding rangeshould be absolutely bare of human de-vice and that birds and animals shouldbe as free to go as to come. But these pintails and gadwallswhich you brought all the way from thenorthwest, asked a credulous one; areyou going to let them loose? Why not? said the man in mocca-sins. True enough, theyll go Southwith the first flight of birds, but theyllcome back in the spring and bring otherswith them! The unbeliever wanted to know ifthe same tactics would be followed withthe mallards, black duck, redheads, thecanvas-back, Canada geese, partridge,pheasants, and all the rest, and he wastold that a percentage of both the mi-gratory and non-migratory birds eachyear would be pinioned and wintered [15]. THIS OLD MALLARD REFUSED TO LEAVE HER BROOD UNTIL THE BOW OF THE BOAT ALMOST HIT HER ;«^£t3$- i ^ttfUar^- A FLOCK OF GRAY MALLARDS WITHTHREE YOUNG DUCKLINGS FOL-LOWING CLOSE BEHIND
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