230 PROTECTION AND PRESEEVATION. 



able for the j^urposes of this Arl^itration, to cany 

 the investigation of national legislation a step 

 farther and to examine how far Governments 

 have gone in the protection of other forms of 

 animal life in the water, and to what extent ex- 

 traterritorial jurisdiction is exercised for the 

 preservation of national interests. 

 Game laws. All nations and races in all ag-es have recoo-- 



nized the necessity of affording sufficient pro- 

 tection for the reproduction and continued ex- 

 istence of all animal life useful to the human 

 race. Even the savage recognizes and enforces 

 this humanitarian and economic principle, but it 

 is most fully recognized and enforced among 

 civilized nations. An examination of the leg-is- 

 lation of the countries of Europe and America 

 shows that the protection of the Government is 

 everywhere extended to animals ferm naturm 

 during the breeding season, and that especially 

 the mother, when heavy with young or while her 

 offspring is dependent upon her, is under the 

 guardianship of the law. The wild animal on 

 the land and the fish in the sea are both pre- 

 served by a close season and stringent rules, 

 having particular reference to the reproduction 

 and undiminished existence of the species. As 

 indicatino- the character of this legislation, the 

 attention of the Arbitrators is directc^d to a ])aper 



