King Edward VIIas a sportsman . if he has not some down to be gathered atthe end of a drive. Ducks fly fast, high, and decep-tively. They will carry on for an extraordinarily longway, if indeed they ever come down, when hit in thebody where their armour of feathers protects them ;and the keen sportsman who shoots straight will takespecial pride in the fact if he finds that he is notuselessly burning many cartridges when late years, thanks to the action of gentlemenwho were naturalists as well as sportsmen, and whofelt pained to see the ruthless destruction of wildbirds. Protec
King Edward VIIas a sportsman . if he has not some down to be gathered atthe end of a drive. Ducks fly fast, high, and decep-tively. They will carry on for an extraordinarily longway, if indeed they ever come down, when hit in thebody where their armour of feathers protects them ;and the keen sportsman who shoots straight will takespecial pride in the fact if he finds that he is notuselessly burning many cartridges when late years, thanks to the action of gentlemenwho were naturalists as well as sportsmen, and whofelt pained to see the ruthless destruction of wildbirds. Protection Societies have sprung up in variousdirections. One of these was formed in the year1900 at Wolferton. The County Council, which pro-fesses to rule the district of the Norfolk coast on andnear which the Royal property lies, passed a bye-lawwhich was altogether excellent as far as it went. Noeggs were to be taken from high-water mark to the 30 WILD DUCK POND, SANDRINGHAM-MALLARDSCOMING IN From a Fainting by Archibald Thorburn. Sandringham first enclosure on land without special license, and soforth. I have said as far as it went, for, havingpassed the bye-law, the County Council appears tohave thought that it had done its duty. Laws, how-ever, are of little use unless they are enforced, andit was not considered any ones duty to see that theadmirable regulation was in any way observed. Perception of this led to the formation of theWolferton Wild Birds Protection Society, which wasoriginated by an enthusiast, Mr. George Cresswell,, who commanded the 5th Battalion of the Nor-folk Regiment, which was frequently on duty, formingguards of honour, when His Majesty and Royal guestsarrived at Sandringham. Mr. Cresswell consultedMr. Le Strange, who may perhaps be described as theprincipal landowner in the district after His Majesty,and who is in possession of twelve or thirteen miles ofthe foreshore. Mr. Le Strange, and other ownerswhose property abutted, welcomed the formation o
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