i54 The Wild-Fowlers 



the month of May when the law says they 

 shall not give trigger. Even many of the 

 baymen who derive a living by guiding 

 sportsmen to the snipe and plover blinds 

 take out men and boys to shoot in May. 

 The guide should be the last man on 

 earth to disregard the law to slaughter 

 in mating time for without the game he 

 could n't make a living outside of his eel 

 pots and clam holes." 



" Yes," added Corbin, " April is bad 

 enough, and though it is quite lawful to 

 gun for ducks and geese during this 

 month the season ends May 1st the 

 Doctor and I have long contemplated 

 giving up the practice. We would n't 

 have come out here this April only for 

 you we wanted to introduce you to the 

 Great South Bay and at the same time 

 discuss the very matter now in hand. So, 

 having accomplished our purpose without 

 breaking any law, mind you, and having, 

 as you shall see later on, really performed 

 an act for the good of both game and 



