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view of the rapid decrease of our game birds and game animals, we would further 



advocate most earnestly the absolute prohibition of the sale of all wild game, which 



act would be in conformity with the action already taken in the greater number of 



the States in the Union. Unless advancement is made along these lines, it is plain 



to any intelligent oliserver that North Carolina is doomed to suffer an irreparable 



loss in the tliminutiDii of wild life, which is one of its chief natural resources. 



Another purpose of the present volume is, therefore, to create a sentiment for 



carrying out the measures suggested above. 



Joseph Hyde Pratt, 



State Geologist. 



