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and with protective legislation, Indian as well as 

 white man being required to respect the law, the 

 causes which were reducing the numbers of the 

 moose on both sides of the continent have been 

 arrested. Given reasonable protection from in- 

 discriminate slaughter, moose will live and thrive 

 as close to civilization as any of the deer family. 

 They are the least gregarious of all the deer, 

 and their natural range affords good cover — two 

 facts which will aid them in avoiding extermination. 



Protective Legislation.'^ — Many now living re- 

 member when it was common for men to go into 

 the woods of Maine and eastern Canada on snow- 

 shoes, when the snow was too deep for the moose to 

 escape by flight, and kill every such animal en- 

 countered, without legal restriction, the meat being 

 sold to the lumbermen in their camps, or sledded 

 out for sale at a low price in the towns and cities. 

 No part of the moose's vast range, in either hemi- 

 sphere, is so remote that such slaughter should 

 again be permitted. 



The first measure of protection in any territory 



7 All phases of the subject of game protection, from the legal stand- 

 point, are discussed in Case and Comment (Rochester, N. Y.) for 

 October, 191 1. This number of the magazine contains articles on 

 " A History of Game Legislation in the United States," " The Rights of 

 Amateur Sportsmen," and " Excusable Violations of the Game Laws." 

 Many decisions of the courts of various States are cited. 



