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 ON THE MOOR 



A FRESHLY painted placard forbids the taking 

 ^ of eggs, or even the going farther. This is 

 something new, and, as far as the eggs are con- 

 cerned, in the right direction. A process of whole- 

 sale robbery had been going on, which threatened 

 ultimate depopulation. According to the late Mr. 

 Matthew Arnold, it is the blessed privilege of a 

 certain section of the British public to go where 

 they please, to do as they please, and to smash 

 what they please, and then to express no little 

 astonishment, and indignation when they are told 

 not to come back again. 



It is even within the knowledge of some of us, 

 that genuine naturalists, who are loud in their con- 

 demnation when they hear of others taking rare 

 eggs, never lose an opportunity of securing them 

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