CONSERVATION IN LABRADOR 



upon, not as enemies to be avoided and cheated, 

 but as friends who are working for the people's 

 good. If the matter is well managed, the peo- 

 ple will regard their reservations with pride, 

 and public opinion will keep the birds there 

 inviolate. The wasted regions near fishing-vil- 

 lages, now devoid of all sea-bird life on the 

 one hand, and the crowded bird reservations 

 on the other, will be powerful object-lessons in 

 this process of education. I would suggest the 

 placing of a brief notice on each reservation, 

 printed in English, as well as in French, Mon- 

 tagnais, and Eskimo, where these languages 

 are used, worded somewhat as follows: — 



BIRD RESERAVTION 



The purpose of this Reservation is to preserve the 

 birds from destruction and to increase their num- 

 bers so that there will be better shooting on the coast. 

 The people are asked not to disturb the birds or their 

 eggs on this Reservation and to avoid the use of guns 

 in its neighborhood. 



There are a number of places that could be 

 named, some of which have responsible men 

 living near who could be made guardians. For 

 example, on the Canadian Labrador coast I 

 would suggest one of the islands at the mouth 

 of the Bay of Seven Islands; the Perroquet 



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