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came up and killed it, having been attracted 

 by the noise of the fight. Another cock killed 

 a big blacksnake which tried to carry off one 

 of the chicks. The cock darted to and fro over 

 the snake, striking it continually until it suc- 

 cumbed. 



Pass Christian is an ideal place for a man to 

 go who wishes to get away from the Northern 

 cold for a few weeks, and be where climate, 

 people, and surroundings are all dehghtful, and 

 the fishing and shooting excellent. There is a 

 good chance, too, that the fish and game will 

 be preserved for use, instead of recklessly ex- 

 terminated; for during the last dozen years 

 Louisiana and Mississippi, like the rest of the 

 Union, have waked to the criminality of mar- 

 ring and ruining a beautiful heritage which 

 should be left, and through wise use (not non- 

 use) can be left, undiminished, to the genera- 

 tions that are to come after us. As yet the 

 Gulf in front of the houses swarms with fish of 

 many kinds up to the great tarpon, the mailed 

 and leaping giant of the warm seas; and with 

 the rapid growth of wisdom in dealing with 

 nature we may hope that there will soon be 

 action looking toward the regulation of seining 

 and to protection of the fish at certain seasons. 

 On land the quail have increased in the neigh- 



