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does not enjoy the spoTt of hunting himself, or on account of being 

 busy, not having the leisure time to do so, to say that he cannot pur- 

 chase game with which to provide delicacies .for his table, yet the pro- 

 hibition of sale of game, is the one thing that will cause same to 

 increase, and make it possible to again have it plentiful in the State. 

 The pot hunter cannot be checked in any other way, so effectively, as 

 to deprive him of a market. As long as game was allowed to be sold 

 within our State, it provided an excuse to smuggle it out of the State, 

 and it was very difficult to enforce the law in this respect. 



While it may be a hardship to our hotels and restaurants, and even, 

 tc many of our good citizens, to deprive them of the privilege of pur- 

 chasing game on the market, yet it is better to be deprived of these? 

 delicacies for a time and again have game plentiful, when the law can 

 be changed in tnis respect, than to entirely deplete our forests and fields 

 by permitting the army of pot or market hunters to continue their 

 destructive work. 



The shipping of game should never be permitted again, from our 

 State, and the disbanding of the great army of pot or market hunters, 

 that made this a system of commercial gain, rather than sport and re- 

 creation, was the only solution of the question to save our game and 

 fish from total depletion. 



All states West of the Mississippi River, except two, North and South 

 Dakota, prohibit export of all game protected by local laws, and these 

 permit the export of only plover, woodcock, and cranes. East' of the 

 Mississippi, laws prohibiting the export of all game, or, in some cases, 

 all but one or two unimportant species, are in force in all the states, 

 except a small group along the coast from Massachusetts to Maryland 

 and four Southern States North Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Ken- 

 tucky. 



Forty-three states and territories, and most of the provinces of Can- 

 ada, now prohibit sale of all or certain kinds of game at all seasons. 



Increase of Game and Fish. 



Although less than eighteen months have passed since our present 

 law became effective, the increase in all kinds of game, birds and fish 

 is so noticeable, that word comes from every section of the State, that 

 game is becoming more plentiful. 



For the first time in many years, the pretty girey squirrel made his 

 appearance daring tiic present year, and thousands of them were killed, 

 during the past season, yet thousands still remain throughout the wood- 

 ed sections of the Slate. The deer that had been decreasing at an 

 alarming rate, for many years, seem to now be increasing, and will, no 

 doubt, if properly protected for a few years, again become plentful. 



The wile; tarkey, the ruffed grouse and the bob-white, are multiply- 

 ing very fast, and the short open season, together with the other pro 

 tection that has been thrown around them, will cause them to again be 

 as plentiful as they vere 3'ears ago. 



