RECREATION. 



the matter of adequate protection for 

 her game, is producing results to 

 justify an acceptance of the invita- 

 tion. Leaving the field of conjecture 

 in the above matter, there is to be 

 touched on, in conclusion, a phase of 

 far greater moment. 



Nova Scotia's magnificent endow- 

 ment in the matter of the moose en- 

 tails a duty toward her own inhabi- 

 tants. Properly to conserve, pro- 

 tect and perpetuate her noble game to 

 future generations, is a manifest and 

 apparent obligation. Leaving the 

 financial value of such an important 

 asset entirely outside the question, 

 there remains the debt to posterity. 

 The Province appoints the Game So- 

 ciety custodian of this most important 

 trust, and we look in vain for the best 

 fulfilment of the duty. To legalize 

 the slaughter of cow moose, to per- 

 mit the moose snarer to pursue his 

 calling and market his ill gotten 



booty unconvicted, to expend a paltry 

 $2,000 a year in protecting 18,000 

 square miles of territory, form an ar- 

 raignment difficult to reconcile with 

 a due regard for such a priceless 

 heritage. No just person expects any 

 small body of men to work an imme- 

 diate and general revolution among 

 the inhabitants of a large community 

 where the public conscience in the 

 matter of game protection lies dor- 

 mant and inert ; but a widespread 

 campaign of education and the salu- 

 tary punishment of flagrant offenders 

 would do much to awaken the people 

 of Nova Scotia to a realizing sense 

 of the dangers which menace her ex- 

 ceptional game supply. It is not too 

 late to inaugurate this movement, 

 and it remains for the Game Society 

 to do it. A large audience of inter- 

 ested and sympathetic friends stands 

 ready to applaud a praiseworthy en- 

 ergy in the matter. 



PREPARING THE LURE. 

 Made with Premo Camera. Bausch & Lomb Lens. 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY I, T. JONES 



