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thickets furnish them with ample protection, as well 
as a living. If ever our Northern or Eastern quail 
become too scarce to permit a short open season, 
then appeal to legislation and the sportsmen and 
others of the Southern states will respond to a man 
and furnish quail from their abundance for replen¬ 
ishing our depleted covers. You have to shoot with 
the boys of the South before you really know what 
real sport is; and one must live in their homes be¬ 
fore he can fully realize the meaning of true hos¬ 
pitality. 
Having hunted and traveled through the Caro- 
linas, Georgia and Florida for years, I know whereof 
I speak. In conclusion, will say that where there 
are hundreds of quail in the North and East, there 
are thousands of quail in the South. You cannot 
change the leopard’s spots, neither can quail be 
changed to song birds, except in name. 
I can merely add, myself, in conclusion, 
that we have as many quail as there are in 
Ohio to-day—not because of the present 
song-bird law—but because of the several 
recent mild winters. We would to-day 
have even more than we have—and a great 
number of coveys of bigger, better birds—if 
we might have had a short open season with 
all the benefits for the birds themselves that 
