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unfortunate birds was rescued from nature's 

 doom and restored to nature's freedom." 



The injured swan seen in our illustration was 

 secured by Mr. Savage half an hour after it was 

 picked up at Bass Rock eddy. It could not 

 stand or use its wings, but nevertheless he took 

 it to Buffalo and placed it under the care of the 

 curator of the Zoo in Delaware Park. It quickly 

 recovered and was soon floating gracefully on the 

 waters of Park Lake. 



The writer believes that the importance of 

 saving as many as possible of the swans which 

 are wounded by coming over Niagara is out 

 of all proportion to the number of bird lives 

 actually involved. The size and majesty of 

 these kings of the waterfowl, together with the 

 dramatic nature of the disaster which has over- 

 taken them, insures a wide publicity, which may 

 be made either to help or injure the cause of 

 bird protection. Here are glorious, world-fa- 

 mous birds which are braving the dangers of a 

 long journey to their Arctic home, and which 

 have even survived a battle with one of the 

 mightiest cataracts on earth. To permit these 

 voyagers, while they are bruised and battered 

 and still struggling bravely but hopelessly with 

 the savage waters of the gorge, to be dragged out 

 upon the ice and choked or bludgeoned to death 



