GUINEA-FOWL. 



Envoi 



I MAY be permitted a few words In conclusion to 

 reaffirm certain views to which I cling-. I would 

 not have my readers attach any special importance to what 

 I myself have achieved, but I would like them to take to 

 heart the moral of my book. 



It may be summed up in a very few words. I maintain 

 that wild life everywhere, and in all its forms, should be 

 religiously protected — that the forces of nature should not 

 be warred against more than our struggle for existence 

 renders absolutely inevitable ; and that it is the sportsman's 

 duty, above all, to have a care for the well-being of the 

 whole of the animal world. 



Whoever glances over the terrible list of so-called 

 "harmful" birds and beasts done to death every year in 

 Germany must bemoan this ruthless destruction of a 

 charming feature of our countryside, carried out by sports- 

 men in the avowed interest of certain species designated 



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