138 TEACHING CHILDREN TO BE HUMANE. 



of innocent life that is carried on year by year, fills 

 me with distress, and I, for one, shall never cease 

 to protest against it with voice and pen. I can 

 but hope that by the multiplication of our Sel- 

 borne branches and kindred societies we may in 

 time see some diminution of this selfish warfare 

 against all creatures in fur and feathers. 



