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beauty of autumnal opalescence. The farmer seemed busy in the 

 contemplation of his wagon bed. I did not like to have him miss a 

 sight so beautiful, and I called his attention to the scene before us; 

 whereupon he looked up, gave a sort of grunt, and quickly fell to 

 musing on his wagon bed again as if he had been loath to have his 

 attention diverted by anything so trivial as an autimm woods. It 

 was pitiful to see him living in the midst of so much beauty with 

 eyes incapable of seeing it. 



I would have my pupil appreciative of the wonders of nature — 

 the harmony in the community life of ants, the wonderful evolution 

 of the toad, the metamorphosis of a dragon-fly, the peculiar 

 differentiations evolved by plants and animals to secure the best 

 adaptation to environment ; and thus he may learn to venerate the 

 Power that makes each plant and animal, each stone and grain of 

 sand fulfill its little destiny in the great scheme of oirr universe. 



Extracts from Bulletin of the Massachusetts- Fish 

 and Game Protective Association 



GAME CONDITIONS 



Pheasants are less common than they have been and fewer are 

 being killed this year. They are much shyer and do not flush as 

 readily but run when disturbed. The bolder birds living along the 

 roadsides have been killed and now the gunner must hunt to find 

 the wilder and wiser ones that are hiding in the more remote and 

 sheltered places. The severe winter killed many adult birds and 

 the late, cold spring destroyed many eggs and young. 



The Ruffed Grouse are to be found in fair numbers, especially in 

 the western part of the State. There are not, however, as many as 

 there were last year. 



Bob white are reported to be fairly numerous on the Cape, in 

 Plymouth County and in southern Bristol County. These splen- 

 did birds are practically extirpated throughout the central and 

 western parts of the State. The five-year closed season in Essex 

 County came none too soon and there is a growing demand among 

 those interested in the conservation of our wild life that Bob white 

 be afforded the protection of such a five-year reprieve throughout 

 the State. 



Deer are quite numerous, especially in the western counties. 

 They are learning the necessity of avoiding man during the open 

 season and after the first few days are difficult to approach. 



