CONSERVATION IN LABRADOR 



Some of these islands are now nearly depopu- 

 lated of birds, but the birds can be trusted to 

 find out where they are safe. On the coast of 

 the United States where reservations have been 

 established, sometimes close to great cities, the 

 birds that are elsewhere very shy and wary are 

 tame and confiding, I would also suggest that 

 the guardian of the reservation be instructed in 

 the eider-down industry as detailed in the next 

 chapter, and that a beginning of this industry 

 be made on the reservations both to eke out the 

 small stipend of the guardian and as an object- 

 lesson to the people. 



If the reservation movement is well managed 

 so that the people are in sympathy with it, it 

 will be a success and one may look forward 

 to many benefits as a result. First and funda- 

 mentally, the birds will be saved from extinc- 

 tion. This fact may not appeal to the people, 

 but the improvement in the shooting during the 

 • migrations will be welcomed as a great boon. 

 The introduction of the eider-down industry, 

 which I believe will follow the reservation move- 

 ment, should add a large sum yearly to the in- 

 come of the people of the coast. Another desir- 

 able result of the reservations will be to make 

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