streams, and well wooded areas, comprising both broad leaved and 

 coniferous trees. One or more thickly planted groves of white 

 pine, and some old apple orchards would make a most happy 

 combination. The white pine and the apple tree are much be- 

 loved by the Ruffed Grouse, and as the establishment of sanctu- 

 aries will tend to bring back this fine bird in numbers, we hope 

 that all owners of woodland will reforest their properties with 

 white pines and spare the old apple trees. The pine tree offers a 

 snug shelter to the Grouse on winter nights, and during the day 

 the Grouse frequent the sunny, southern exposures of the grove 

 where it finds shelter from the north wind. Whoever sets out a 

 plantation of white pine, confers a lasting favor upon the Grouse 

 and its admirers. What is more characteristic of the New England 

 country, than the Ruffed Grouse, and the white pine? 



Ponds having an area of over twenty acres should not be included 

 within the boundaries of a private sanctuary. Such ponds are known 

 as " Great Ponds " and the public has a right of access to them at all 

 times for the purpose of legitimate shooting, fishing or boating. 

 This renders them both unsuitable and ineligible for the purpose 

 of a sanctuary. This question of size is important, from the fact 

 that all ponds less than twenty acres in extent may be controlled 

 by the riparian owners, and thus be incorporated as a sanctuary. 

 The proprietors of a sanctuary may indulge in fishing without 

 disturbing the wild creatures, and where a trout brook is found 

 within its borders, it may be profitably stocked with fingerlings each 

 season, and furnish sport to those who are fond of the "gentle 

 art of angling." The ponds may also be stocked with bass. In 

 this manner the element of sport may be introduced within the 

 sanctuary, and while the angler is busy along the stream or, still- 

 fishing on the pond, he at the same time will have the pleasure of 

 observing the wild life about him, that takes kindly to the unob- 

 trusive fisherman. Thus will he be amply repaid for his self-denial 

 as a sportsman in foregoing the pleasures of shooting within this 

 restricted area created by his fellow sportsmen and himself. 



W T henever practicable it is a wise plan to have the tract of land 

 to be used as a sanctuary definitely bounded on all sides by the 

 public highways. This method leaves no question of doubt as to 



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