536 DAN BEARD'S ANIMAL BOOK 



with the puff-balls which push their balloons 

 through the dry leaves. 



This is the time of the year for us to build our 

 campfires and gather around them to tell camp- 

 fire stories and discuss the campaign of real nature 

 lovers for next season. While we ourselves may 

 not take our guns and go to the woods and fields 

 to wreak havoc among the few remaining wood- 

 cock, wood ducks, and ruffed grouse, we must not 

 look with displeasure on the real sportsmen who do 

 go abroad with their guns, for after all it is upon 

 these men that we must depend to enforce and 

 uphold the game laws which are now the only 

 barrier against the utter extermination of our little 

 brothers in fur, fin, and feathers. 



