284 A BOOK-LOVER'S HOLIDAYS 



Mr. Job is an exceptionally hardy, resolute, 

 and resourceful man, following his wilderness 

 work with single-minded devotion, and con- 

 tinually, and in matter-of-fact manner, facing 

 and overcoming hardship, wearing toil, and risk 

 which worthy stay-at-home people have no 

 means whatever of even gauging. I owed the 

 pleasure of Mr. Job's company to Mr. Frank 

 M. Chapman, at whose suggestion he was sent 

 with me by the National Audubon Society. 



The State Conservation Commission owes 

 its existence to the wise public spirit and far- 

 sightedness of the Louisiana Legislature. The 

 Audubon Society, which has done far more 

 than any other single agency in creating and 

 fostering an enlightened public sentiment for 

 the preservation of our useful and attractive 

 birds, is a purely voluntary organization, con- 

 sisting of men and women who in these matters 

 look further ahead than their fellows, and who 

 have the precious gift of sympathetic imagina- 

 tion, so that they are able to see, and to wish 

 to preserve for their children's children, the 

 beauty and wonder of nature. (During the year 

 preceding this trip, by the way, the society en- 

 rolled one hundred and fifty-one thousand boys 

 and girls in its junior bird clubs, all of which 

 give systematic instruction in the value of bird 



