BIRDS OF PEASEMARSH 



out these countries it will undoubtedly result in 

 the increase of many forms of bird life, but 

 especially game birds and large, rare birds. 



It is a sad fact that it was the coming of the 

 white man that made such a law necessary. 

 The Indian in his original state looked with 

 reverence and wonder at the bird world. 

 Though he took birds for food he apologized to 

 them for doing so, pleading his necessity, and 

 wishing them all good things in the spirit 

 world. To the red man the wild things were 

 little brothers. When that sense of reverence 

 and comradeship for all living things gave 

 place to our materialism only carefully en- 

 forced laws could save birds from being 

 slaughtered when on their wonderful journeys. 



But though we have shot the Albatross we 

 have stories to show that comradeship for wild 

 creatures did exist sometimes among the 

 pioneer white men. 



Not long ago an old man of the passing 

 generation was telling of a night many years 

 ago in his lonely log house. An early fall 

 storm of wind and sleet and snow had been 

 raging most of the day, and, as night descended, 

 there came down about his door a flock of wild 

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