AMONG THE WaATER-FOWL 
were inaccessible. A few fell to the water, and 
were picked up by the boat, where they had quite a 
pile of birds and a couple of pails -of eggs. My 
indignation at this atrocity was tempered by the 
fact that the men were ignorant and_ probably 
hungry for fresh meat. Yet for all that they 
GANNETS, MURRES AND KITTIWAKES, FROM THE CRATE 
ought not to be allowed to slaughter the breed- 
ing birds. Owing to this there are only a few 
thousands left here at present out of former in- 
numerable multitudes, and all these interesting 
and beautiful sea-birds are becoming scarcer every 
year. Why cannot the Canadian Government 
protect them by law, and make these lighthouse 
keepers, or others, game-wardens, with full powers 
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