SECTION VII 
GAME PROTECTION FROM THE NATURE LOVER’S 
POINT OF VIEW 
Better to hunt in fields for health unbought, 
Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. 
The wise for cure on exercise depend ; 
God never made his work for man to mend. 
DRYDEN, Cymon and Iphigenia. 
Ir is not necessary to argue .game and fish protec- 
tion with the intelligent and broad-minded sportsmen. 
They have long become aware that the treasures of 
large and of small game mammals, of aquatic and gal- 
linaceous birds, and of game fish which nature has so 
lavishly bestowed upon this country are nevertheless 
far from inexhaustible. In fact, none of nature’s treas- 
ures are inexhaustible, when greed, folly, and ignorance 
form the exploitation company and begin, as they al- 
ways do, by cutting down the trees that bear the golden 
apples. Much progress has been made within recent 
years for the sportsmen and by them. ‘The League of 
American Sportsmen has already been organized in 
thirteen states, and it will not be long before this so- 
ciety will extend its work to every state and territory. 
Is it Right to Hunt and Fish ? — Many a lover of 
nature and many a parent and teacher has no doubt 
asked himself: Is it right to take animal life for sport 
and recreation? Should I buy my boy the gun that 
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