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found where salt poongs abound, and if fol¬ 
lowed up from the mouths^ and on several 
churs of the Brahmaputra tiger, leopard, and 
bear, etc., are sure to be found. And in the 
oloo grass and bheels around, some fine bags 
of duck, partridge, snipe, and florican are to 
be had. Perhaps the finest sport for a varied 
bag of both big and small game on the north 
bank is between the Geirborelli and the 
Subansiri. The grounds, as a rule, are easy to 
shoot over, and often the unexpected turns up 
and gives likelier chances to bag a fine speci¬ 
men than in any other part of Assam of which 
we know. And the country from October to 
April is free to all, bar a few small forest re¬ 
serves,- and every facility is afforded and every 
help rendered to any keen outside sportsman 
by the hospitable planter. 
If a man has the time, a visit to the Daphlas 
over the border may result in some real good 
sport in the way of wild goat, sheep, gurral, 
etc., and he might possibly bag a hathi, while 
in all the places mentioned above numerous 
herds of wild buffalo are still to be found, and 
it is safe to reckon on getting a decent head. 
On the south bank in the Lakhimpur and 
Sibsagar districts, however, big game is almost 
extinct and no measure of preservation is re¬ 
sorted to in the case of what little is left. Some 
hundreds of gun licenses have been _ granted 
indiscriminately to all sorts and conditions of 
natives who have wantonly destroyed every¬ 
thing they could lay their hands upon, regard¬ 
less of the most ordinary principles of sport 
which should appeal even to this class of native 
shikari. Concrete instances of this departure 
from the accepted amenities of sport may be 
cited in numerous cases, of the native big-game 
hunter killing new-born calves in breeding and 
closed time. We are. however, glad to learn 
that the deputy commissioners in these districts 
are realizing these facts and are confiscating 
every gun and cancelling licenses whenever they 
get the slightest possible chance of doing so. 
BIRDS SLAUGHTERED FOR MILINERY. 
Aigret feathers and plumes from the terns, 
gulls, grebe or any of the other native wild 
birds will soon be no more in the State of 
Washington. From present indications it is 
apparent that the Spokane milliners will not 
fight the State and national Audubon societies, 
but instead will give in and clear their stocks 
of the forbidden plumage, says the Spokane 
(Wash.) Spokesman. 
After seeing Oregon, New York and several 
other States test the protective laws and lose, 
Spokane milliners feel that they will not try 
to evade the mandates. As a further result, 
orders valued at several thousands of dollars 
will either be cancelled or the goods sent back 
to wholesale dealers in New York. The local 
milliners have, however, until Jan. 1 of next 
year to close out their stock, and as a result 
the orders for a fall trade will be less this year 
in that particular stock than in any previous 
season in Washington. 
Speaking last night, Mr. Emery said: 
“Local milliners are agreed that they will 
abide by the law. We have until January, 
1910, to get rid of our stock, and we shall make 
endeavor to do it. 
“To tell the truth, we won’t have much to do 
to put the law into effect here. There is very 
little of the forbidden plumage -in use in 
Spokane, and if the people will just stop order¬ 
ing these forbidden feathers, the supply houses 
will be able to comply with the law easily. 
When January rolls around, if we have not 
been able to sell out all the stock, we can resell 
them to the milliners in other States where the 
law is not binding.” 
Heron’s plumage is causing the greatest 
trouble in Washington. The most valuable 
aigrets and those proving most popular are 
coming from two species of the heron, the 
American egret and the snowy egret. From 
these birds the downs and attractive aigrets 
are taken during the breeding season of the 
birds, which abound in the Pacific northwest. 
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