248 BIRDS AND MAN 



he said warmly, " I will not for a moment encourage you to 

 hope that any good will come of such a proposal. If any 

 person should bring in such a measure I would do everything 

 in my power to defeat it. I am a collector myself and I am 

 perfectly sure that such an interference with the liberty of the 

 subject would not be tolerated." 



That, I take it, is or will be the attitude of the committee 

 now considering the subject of our wild bird life and its better 

 protection. 



