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have been shot and a clever old fox hound introduced to trail 

 the quarry increased the kill to eight before the end was sighted. 

 As far as can be known they have gone outside for their main- 

 tenance with real cleverness and one might almost say consider- 

 ation, for such feathered remains as have been found were of 

 Rhode Island Red Fowls, while the warden's poultry are Ply- 

 mouth Rocks! Yet the number of the nests of low l)uilding birds 

 was found to be less at the season's end. Of course we must 

 rout these foxes, even if only for the sake of the neighborhood, 

 yet I must confess to a feeling of admiration for their seeking 

 the Sanctuary and their pluck in remaining. If only we might 

 make a treaty \\dth them by which thev might 1)e sworn in as 

 Anti-Cat Police ! 



M. 0. W. 



PHEASANT ON FEEDING SHELF 

 Photographed by Wilbur F. Smith 



