country over, spend their summers, such work would 

 have exceptional value. 



Nor would the presence of people in the reservation 

 tend to drive out the birds, provided they were not 

 molested. Some even of the wilder birds are learning 

 now to make their home in city parks where they receive 

 jDrotection, and many birds might easily be attracted to 

 a region so favorable for their shelter, sustenance, and 

 nesting as Mount Desert Island. 



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