OUTLAWS. 



Spif -, HE reader of history, 

 while regarding with 

 a doubtful eye the exploits of 

 heroes like Robin Hood and 

 his bold companions, would 

 yet be loath to lose these pic- 

 turesque traditions, these vivid 

 touches of colour scattered all 



too sparingly in the staid and sober chronicle. 

 With similar feelings the naturalist contemplates 

 those outlawed clans of birds and beasts which 

 are viewed askance by the world at large, which the 

 farmer shoots without trial, and the keeper hangs up 



