BIRDS 



ways to fit the girl or hoy for her or his future career, 

 but a man may even possess the finest university train- 

 ing it is possible to 

 get, yet that man 

 may be an a 1 1 - 

 round blackguard. 

 Why? Because 

 in such a case 

 the moral, spiritual, 

 and humane lobes 

 of his brain have 

 not been cultivated; 

 they have been 

 starved and con- 

 sequently enfeebled, 

 hence the man uses 

 his educated intel- 

 lect to provide ways 

 and means for the 

 gratification of his 

 perverted lower 



Birds 



Nest box suspended from a tree. 



cannot breed unless they have suitable 

 nesting sites. The wise farmer pro- 

 vides them. 



passions and other 



selfish desires. There is deep wisdom in what Cowper 



says : — 



" I would not enter on my list of friends — 

 Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, 

 Yet wanting sensibility — the man 

 Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm." 



The beautiful white egret was nearly exterminated 

 in Egypt by the plume trade. The Egyptian Zoo- 



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