Ghe Amateur Spurtaman 
27—-PARK-REAOE, NEW YORK 
EDITORIAL ROOMS 331 Madison Ave 
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Mr, William Brewster, 
145 Brattle 8t., 
Cambridge, Mass. 
Dear Mre Brewster: 
I wish to ask if you will write a short 
article for the magazine about the control of the natural enemies 
I received some time ago a very interesting letter from 
you in which you mentioned the variovs species which should be 
controled and which you would control if you were to underteke 
a game preserve. I desire much to print this matter but I would 
prefer to have it in the shape of an article which might contain 
some facts about the various predaceous birds and mammals. 
The Amateur Sportsman cannot pay as well as the magazines of 
general circulation, but it pays more than the sporting magazines 
usually pay and I can offer #10 per page for a page and a half or 
two pages if you can write the article for the magazine. 
I think it highly important that we should start right and 
not have an excessive and unnecessary killing of hawks and owls and 
other so called vermin and I believe you will do the country a 
service if you will consent to write the article. 
I have been receiving many letters from prominent naturalists 
and sportsmen, including Dr. Merriam in Washington, and they all 
seem to agree with me that the sale of preserved game would tend 
to increase ovr native game birds. I have observed that the 

