SSS EN i RR GN TONER 
Birds as Food 
starving : ‘‘ The English may print as many 
braggart statistics as they choose about the 
failure of the German U-boats, but a glance 
at the English newspapers reveals a far 
different situation, for in their editorial columns 
the prevailing terror of starvation is palpably 
evident. Unrest, discontent, and anxiety 
are making themselves felt more acutely day 
by day, and already the most unlikely articles 
are being seized on with avidity for food. 
In London they are now eating smoked SEA- 
GULLS, not only the home product, but also 
great quantities that are being imported from 
New Zealand ready cured. Loud and bitter 
are the complaints about the greasy flavour 
of these birds, but the newspapers are 
rising to the occasion and filling column on 
column with the most impossible recipes to 
show the wretched islanders that SEA-GULL 
may be made as tasty as TURKEY OR GOOSE”’ 
(Daily Express, 28 .iii.17). 
Early in 1917 orders were issued forbid- 
ding the rearing of PHEASANTs and the feed- 
ing of GAME on any grains or any other 
products required for food or feeding stuffs ; 
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