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act as reservoirs to supply the forest reserves. 



There are numerous sanctuaries situated in 

 other parts of the 'State, not a part of the state 

 forest lands, which are doing full duty ; and apart 

 from these are seven or eight auxiliary sanctuaries 

 maintained by the State in conjunction with 

 sportsmen. In 1920 more than $56,000 was spent 

 in stocking these refuges. 



In encouraging their citizens to post their land 

 against shooting, many States are helping effi- 

 ciently to protect their game. Posting tends to 

 lessen the number of guns in pursuit of game-birds 

 and allows them a better chance to increase. It 

 also is the beginning of many private preserves 

 and sanctuaries. 



Private game preserves, however, have never 

 had the popularity in America that they have in 

 Great Britain or Continental Europe. Until 

 thirty years ago any man who sequestered his 

 land from public shooting, reserving that privi- 

 lege for himself, was considered almost a moral 

 leper by the general run of American sportsmen. 

 People believed that private land maintained 

 solely for protection of game was un-American, a 

 sort of throw-back to the conditions of feudal 

 Europe. Some still consider that it tends toward 

 class distinction, opposes development, deprives 

 citizens of their rights, and creates a monopoly of 

 hunting privileges. 



But, with the passing of the game, those days 



