BIRD PASSPORTS. 



DO you know what a passport is ? 

 In all parts of our country orderly persons may 

 move about freely without exciting suspicion. In 

 countries differently governed stricter rules prevail, 

 and circumstances are liable to arise in which it is 

 necessary to be quickly and easily identified, and to 

 have the protection of one's own country. 



If none of you have done so, many of your parents 

 have had to pass, during a single summer, through 

 France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, if not through 

 cities of Austria, Turkey, Russia, and perhaps coun- 

 tries of Asia and Africa. The form of protection in 

 such cases is a written passport signed by one of the 

 highest officers of our government. On the following 

 page is a copy of such a passport. 



If any wrong should come to one holding this paper, 

 he can appeal to his government to see that it is 

 righted, as far as is possible ; and if he himself does 

 violence or injury, his government is made responsible 

 for his wrongdoing. 



You can see that such a paper' must not be trans- 

 ferred from person to person. To make sure that 

 the holder of it is the rightful owner, he is carefully 

 described in the document, as you see. 



