62 DUVAR ON ADDITIONS TO GAME OF NOVA SCOTIA. 



common Bee, Egyptian Bee, Cochineal, Almond Silkworm, Ail- 

 anthus Silkworm, — seven insects. 



Fishes : The (^arp. Goldfish, — two fishes. 



Reptiles : None. 



Total, 21 mammals, 16 birds, 7 insects, 2 fishes — 46 in all, 

 instead of 47.* Of these 47, M. St. Hilaire says fifteen are want- 

 ing in France and thirteen in Europe;! ^^^ he adds, "is this a 

 sufficient conquest of nature? Is it enough to have in our coml 

 yards only three species so valuable as that of the galhnacese? — 

 or only one of the rodentiae, so remarkable for its fecundity, the 

 precocity of its development, and the excellence of its flesh ? 

 Among the large herbivorous mammalia, is it enough to possess 

 only four alimentary species?" I would add, is it enough for our 

 sportsmen to possess, in a Province such as Nova Scotia, of which 

 so large a portion must ever remain in lake, moorland and forest, so 

 few varieties of swimming, flying, and running game? 



It will be noticed that M. St. Hilaire's catalogue of domesticated 

 animals is more than arbitrary, and somewhat less than complete. 

 Some of the animals mentioned can only, by a latitude of language, 

 be said to be domesticated, while others, equally under the subju- 

 gation of man, are omitted fi'om the list. The immediate busmess 

 of this paper is not, however, with the domestic animals of man, 

 but with the semi-domesticated or "game," which, living untended 

 in our wilds, supply the sportsman at once with amusemen*t and food. 

 Not to trespass on time, I will do little more than indicate such as 

 might find in Nova Scotia the conditions of climate, covert, and food, 

 and by reproduction increase the number and varieties of our 

 objects of the chase. Of course, it would be a mistake to intro- 

 duce any new game until the legislature and the people at large 

 have found the way to preserve what we have. The Inland Fish- 

 eries and Game Protection Society, recently organized, have taken 

 the initiatory step, and it is to be hoped that their endeavours will 

 be seconded by the influential 'in the community, until the public 



♦The one omitted is probably the tench, introduced into Britain with the pond 

 carp and goldfish. It may be the Pike, according to the old rhyme : 

 " Turkeys, carps, hoppes, piccarel and beer, 

 Came into England all in one year." 

 t Fourteen are -wanting in Nova Scotia. The others, including the gold and 

 silver pheasant and the common English pheasant, adapt themselves well to the 

 climate. In lieu of the silkworm the cecrops is abundant. 



