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that would result iu the punishment of those who wil 

 fully set fire to the forests. If this is not done at once 

 it will be but a short time only until j^ame will be 

 extinct, or what is left will be without forest protec- 

 tion, and consequently the ])leasure of tlie true sporta 

 man will be gone. 



One frequently reads in the newspapers during tht 

 gunning season items like the following, which was 

 clipped from a Lancaster county paper: 



"On Tuesday a woods belonging to Robert Black, of near Ful- 

 ton House, wa.s set on Are by gunners. They ran a rabbit into 

 an old tree, and in order to get him out built a fire around 

 the tree. The woods were soon on fire, and five acres were 

 burned over. A great deal of fence was destroyed and many 

 young trees were damaged." 



The following extract is taken from an editorial 

 published in the Philadelphia Press, Dec. 5, 189G: 



"The prevention of forest fires in this State appeals to many 

 interests. Most of them are affected indirectly by the changed 

 conditioHS which the destruction of the forests brings about. 

 To all sportsmen, however, the forest fires are of immediate 

 concern, since they are very destructive of game. As the 

 camp fires of careless sportsmen are among the most prolific 

 causes of forest fires, it is well for them to know that they are 

 sinning against their own Interests, and, what their shooting 

 in season would never do, making game scarcer each year. If 

 they would stay to see the damage done by the fires which they 

 have caused to ignite they would see this for themselves. In 

 the wake of the life-destroying flames in the spring and sum- 

 mer may be found the charred remains of many brooding birds 

 and young game animals. Is it too much to hope that the 

 knowledge of this will prompt some of them to have a little 

 more care about the fires they build and a little less indiffer- 

 ence to the possible results of leaving them unextinguished 

 when they break camp?" 



An examination of ninety reports, on game destruc- 

 tion, received, chiefly from lumbermen, by my colleague 

 nnd loval fiiend. ]>r. .1. T Ixoihrock. .nhows nn immenso 



