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earth now having become dry and the children 

 of man now lords of the earth, each creature was 

 obliged to keep out of their way, so the fishes 

 took to the waters using their tails to swim away 

 from man, the birds took to their wrings, and the 

 animals took to their legs; and by these means the 

 birds, beasts, and fishes have kept out of man's 

 way ever since. 



Before dealing with the wild turkeys as they 

 are to-day, it will be well to make a short study 

 of their prehistoric and historic standing; this 

 has been ably done for me by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt 

 of Washington, D. C, who has very kindly 

 written for this work the next two chapters 

 entitled "The Turkey Prehistoric," and "The 

 Turkey Historic." 



