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silkworms, fish, and poultry, to see that these proscriptions 

 for the protection of useful birds were actually carried out. 



Then, and then only, can we rid ourselves of this nuisance, 

 as I call it — the Sparrow. 1 



1 Since reading this paper a year ago, I am sorry to note that nothing has 

 been done in this matter. Nevertheless, I am still of the same opinion, viz., 

 that the Sparrow is to the agriculturist and gardener an embodied abomination, 

 imbued with reproachful tastes. To make an end of their depredations, I 

 encouraged my little son Izava to kill as many as he could. During the 

 summer months of this year (1906) he caused a holocaust amongst the winged 

 marauders. And lo ! what was the result of this massacre ? The Sparrows 

 vanished, and their place is now occupied by our friends the Warblers. 



