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of hunger and cried. Then they pined 

 and died. Their little bodies are now de- 

 caying in their nest. On Easter Sunday 

 that same mother bird will be seen by 500 

 pairs of eyes, many of them swimming in 

 tears, not because a bird has been mur- 

 dered, but because of what the ears will 

 hear and the soul will feel. The dead bird 

 will look down with glassy eyes over a 

 face illumined with heavenly light, on a 

 scroll held with consecrated hands, while a 

 heart beats with religious fervor and an 

 angel-touched tongue sends up an anthem 

 of praise to God for the resurrection of 

 Him who said. 'Blessed are the merciful, 

 for they shall obtain mercy.' " 



Here is a preacher after my own heart. 

 He has been made an honorary member 

 of the L. A. S. "Of such are the King- 

 dom of Heaven." — Editor. 



DOCTOR HARRISON'S DENIAL. 



Editor Recreation 



New York City. 





Some months ago you published an at- 

 tack on me by Doctor Austin, who averred 

 that S. F. Fullerton, late Chief Game 

 Warden of Minnesota, had entered into 

 collusion with me to violate the State 

 game laws. In a subsequent article 

 H. C. K., who gives his address as Du- 

 luth, makes an unwarranted attack on my 

 friend, H. Y. Haigh. Austin has never 

 met me or been within miles of my camp. 

 His assertions were based on the state- 

 ments of a loafer who proved a thief when 

 working for me, and whom I discharged. 



All the statements made by your 2 cor- 

 respondents are absolutely untrue. I know 

 Mr. Fullerton only casually and in his of- 

 ficial capacity. I believe him an honorable 

 man, who discharged the duties of his of- 

 fice conscientiously. Many extravagant 

 stories about me reached his office. These 

 were sent by market hunters and others 

 who have some occasion to dislike me. 

 Mr. Fullerton sent 4 game wardens to my 

 camp, who came in the guise of gentlemen 

 of leisure. I so regarded them and enter- 

 tained them 2 weeks. They then informed 

 me who they were and expressed their sat- 

 isfaction at having found no tendency on 

 my part, or the part of my men, to vio- 

 late the laws. The party was headed by 

 Mr. Payne, of Brainard, Minn. Prior to 

 that I had not met Mr. Fullerton. When 

 he was introduced to me he told me he 

 wanted to see anyone, even though his 

 brother, punished, who violated the game 

 laws. I believe him, and regard the attack 

 on him uncalled for and untrue. 



As to Mr. Haigh, he is a lover of the 

 woods. He would not kill any animal. I 

 watched him 5 months, and although we 

 saw more than 60 moose he never fired a 

 shot. He would walk miles and undergo 



any hardship to get a photograph of game. 

 I never at any time or place killed any 

 animal not needed for food, and have 

 many times gone hungry rather than kill 

 a female. I never sold a pound of game 

 at any time, and your correspondents told 

 what they could, with brief inquiry, have 

 learned to be false. 



George E. Harrison. 



AN APPEAL FRON MICHIGAN. 



I'm after someone who will introduce 

 into our next Legislature a bill prohibiting 

 the sale of game at any and all seasons of 

 the year. Prohibit the sale of game and 

 game fishes in every State in the Union, 

 and in less than 10 years there would be 

 no use for further game or game fish 

 laws. There would be few, if any, game 

 hogs. The market hunter and the game 

 dealer are the fellows who are exhausting 

 our supply of game birds, deer and trout. 

 The plumage dealer and fashionable wom- 

 en are close seconds in the destruction of 

 our plumage birds. Let our law makers 

 draft laws which will drive these fellows 

 from the country or force them to engage 

 in other pursuits for a livelihood, and your 

 battle for the protection of game and bird 

 life will be won. I'm not sure but that 5 

 years would give back to most States as 

 many game birds and game fishes as most 

 decent sportsmen could wish. Since Mich- 

 igan prohibited the sale of trout in or out 

 of season there has been a decided increase 

 in all our waters. In this State the sale of 

 some game birds is not lawful. That law is 

 good as far as it goes, but it does not go 

 far enough. What we want is unqualified 

 prohibition at any and all times. We want 

 and must have, before we can be entirely 

 successful, the same laws in all States, 

 especially those in which are located large 

 cities, where cold storages are a help to 

 the dealer, hotels and restaurants. Stop 

 the traffic in game and you've knocked 

 the keystone from the destroyers' arch. 

 Let the public and Recreation take care 

 of the game hog. He will soon disappear 

 if public sentiment is against him, and it 

 will be; it is now, for that matter, thanks 

 tc Shields, Recreation and their friends. 

 J. Elmer Pratt, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



A REMARKABLE COLLECTION. 



I have a collection of mounted heads, 

 antlers and horns, valued at $5,000, which 

 is pronounced by sightseers the best selected 

 collection in the United States. Any of 

 your readers passing through Davenport 

 are invited to call and see it, free of charge. 

 The collection embraces 4 moose, one of 30 

 points, an ami head with horns, g feet 6 

 inches K .g from tip to tip ; a keraban. horns 

 iq inches around at base and 8 feet 2 inches 

 long; an Asiatic sheep, horns 10 feet from 



