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number of birds that may be killed, is doing wonders 

 toward the protection of wild fowl from indiscriminate 

 slaughter. 



Cold storage men who buy up and store away 

 feathered game for future use are now, in many of 

 the states, under strict surveillance. Fortunately, the 

 wild duck is a prolific breeder, and if given but half a 

 chance their number will increase amazingly. 



In the extreme north, and particularly near the 

 Hudson Bay Company's posts, the Indians kill large 

 numbers of geese and smoke or otherwise cure them for 

 winter consumption. In the olden days the Hudson 

 Bay Company allowed its trappers one salmon per day 

 in British Columbia and Alaska, and in Athabasca one 

 wild goose or three big white fish, and up in the Arctic 

 circle two fish or three pounds of reindeer, or one wild 

 goose. 



Many are the families up north, even now, who must 

 depend upon the wild duck or goose for their store of 

 meat. So from ocean to ocean from the Arctic circle 

 to the wide pampas of Patagonia the swift flight of 

 the wild fowl stirs the blood of the sportsman, and 

 sharpens the appetites of millions of residents along the 

 sedgy lakes, ponds, or rivers of the fresh waters, or the 

 bays, sounds and lagoons of the sea where salt marshes 

 and meadows abound. 



A doctor of my acquaintance, who allowed himself 

 to be tied down to a large practice so that he never 



