GAME LAWS OF CANADA. 



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The case of wild ducks is one of the most glaring 

 instances of shooting out of season; for by the present 

 law they may be killed until the 30th of May, which with 

 many varieties is the period of incubation, while there are 

 probably few that have not then commenced to lay. 



Wild-turkey and Grouse ought, in short, to be pro- 

 tected from the 1st of February to the 1st of September, 

 and Wild ducks and Ptarmigan from the 1st of March to 

 the 1st of September, which would allow them proper 

 time to rear their young. 



THE THOTJSA.ND ISLES. 



