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was exhibited a living bird with its mouth forcibly 

 opened to show its huge gape. 



Cruelty is often said to be the outcome of 

 ignorance and stupidity rather than of innate 

 brutality. I wish I could believe this : in any case 

 it is an evil which must be not merely held in 

 check but rooted out. All lovers of animals owe 

 a debt of gratitude to the Society for Prevention 

 of Cruelty to Animals, not only for their great 

 organisation for the prevention and punishment of 

 brutalities, but also, and perhaps especially, for 

 their guidance of public opinion. 



THE END. 



^1 PRINTED BY W. HEFFER AND SONS LTD., CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND. 



