Man and Nature 



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While the Audubon Society has been the foremost agency 

 in egret protection, it has been aided by the U. S. Biological 

 Survey, which now has in charge a number of government 

 reservations, where not only egrets but other sea fowl breed 

 in large numbers. 



Private individuals also early came to the rescue of the 

 birds and have aided in their protection both by contribu- 

 tions of money and by protection of the birds' nesting sites. 

 One of the largest egret heronries existing today is tlie one on 



Some Valuable Fur Bearers 

 A, Mink; B, Arctic fox; C, Silver fox; D, Red fox. From Jones, 

 ' ' Fur Farming in Canadfi. ' ' 



Commission of Conservation, Canada. 



Avery Island, Louisiana, established some twenty years ago 

 by Mr. John Avery Mcllhenny and Mr. Charles AV. Ward with 

 a few birds, and where there are now reported to be large 

 numbers of these l)eautiful creatures. 



The furry denizen of the north was the charm wliicli lured 

 the French adventurer into the depths of the Canadian for- 

 est, while an early map in which Newfoundland is described 

 as "the land of the codfish" is evidence of tlie spell wliieii 

 the wealth of the waters cast about the early mariner. Tu- 



