AMONG THE WATER-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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