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LETTER XX. 



DEAR READER, 



Since I have decided to publish these 

 letters, it has been suggested to me that, as a 

 thank-offering for the good sport which I en- 

 joyed last year, and as an atonement for that act 

 of poaching which I hope I recorded with be- 

 coming sorrow, I should attempt to draw up a 

 short resume of the game-laws of the different 

 provinces of Canada as they stand at present. 



It may be that this has already been done by 

 someone better qualified to do it than myself. If 

 it has, I can only say that the number of men 

 who apply to me for information on these sub- 

 jects proves that my predecessor's work is not 

 as much read as it deserves to be. Moreover, 

 the game-laws of Canada change as rapidly as 

 the face of the country, and already what was 

 allowed last autumn has been prohibited by this 

 year's law. 



