GUINEA-FOWL. 



Envoi 



1MAY be permitted a few words in conclusion to 

 reaffirm certain views to which I cling. I would 

 not have my readers attach any special importance to what 

 I myself have achieved, but I would like them to take to 

 heart the moral of my book. 



It may be summed up in a very few words. I maintain 

 that wild life everywhere, and in all its forms, should be 

 religiously protected that the forces of nature should not 

 be warred against more than our struggle for existence 

 renders absolutely inevitable ; and that it is the sportsman's 

 duty, above all, to have a care for the well-being of the 

 whole of the animal world. 



Whoever glances over the terrible list of so-called 

 "harmful" birds and beasts done to death every year in 

 Germany must bemoan this ruthless destruction of a 

 charming feature of our countryside, carried out by sports- 

 men in the avowed interest of certain species designated 



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