GAME PROTECTION 141 
“8. The sale of dead game should be prohibited. 
“There are few persons, intelligent or otherwise, who 
will deny the desirability of preserving from destruc- 
tion the splendid vertebrate fauna which still inhabits 
our country. Throughout the whole United States, 
the love of natural history, and interest in zodlogical 
studies — and their promotion —is growing at a rapid 
rate. , 
“Tf all the people of this country were assembled, and 
a rising vote taken on the question— Are our birds 
and mammals worth preserving? we believe nearly 
every man, woman and child would stand up to be 
counted. Even the worst destroyers believe in limit- 
ing the destructiveness of others! Thanks to the 
extent of our territory, and the diversity of its physical 
aspect, our mammalian and avian faunas are still ex- 
ceedingly rich and varied, as well as interesting and 
valuable. With the exception of a few noxious 
species, our wild creatures are well worth preserving, 
and their further annihilation would be nothing less 
than a national disgrace. And even though we of 
to-day should feel little interest in the preservation of 
the animal life indigenous to North America, it must 
be remembered that we owe a duty to succeeding gener- 
ations, and we have no right to rob those who come 
after us of the wealth of living forms that Nature has 
so lavishly bestowed upon this continent, and main- 
tained in great abundance until fifteen years ago. The 
zoological estate now in our possession is not ours in 
fee simple, but by inheritance under entail ; and it must 
