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v^eiitured to witliiii twenty I'cot oi" me. As they became iiioi'e 

 confident, the h)\v, deep iimniiiir of their voices increased in 

 voimne, and seemed siii,i;iih\rly conversationah 



The strng"i>iiii,n" mass of yoimi;' liii'ds which had rctrealcil 

 from me was sh)wly disentani>"U'd. Some wei'e piiHed at 

 with the bill, some were i'v<\, and ,ii,'raduall\' peace and order 

 were restored; luit at all limes the Mind was as closely 

 watched as a sus[)icions character. At last my opportunity 

 had come, and with note-book and camera, 1 worked as 

 effectively as Ihe fascination of my position permitted, 

 observing definitely man\- things half seen before and 

 others befoi-e ujiknown, and securing a series of uniijue pic- 

 tures recording a })hase of bird-life wiiich tlu; oi-nithologists 

 of a succeeding generation will doubtless examine with the 

 interest that we would give to photographs of a. (Ireat Auk 

 colony. 



Walking Past the Blind 



Only Government intervention will save the great bird 

 settlements of this plains region. The emigrants who are 

 pouring into it, confronted l)y primitive conditions, meet the 

 demands of the moment without thought of the future. A 



