ncisco?

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THE DUTY OF THE HOUR

I have now said my say in behalf of wild life. Surely the path of duty
toward the remnant of wild life is plain enough. Will those who read
this book pass along my message that the hour for a revolution has
struck? Will the millions of men commanded by General Apathy now arouse,
before it is too late to act?

Will the true sportsmen rise up, and do their duty, bravely and
unselfishly?

Will the people with wealth to give away do their duty toward wild life
and humanity, fairly and generously?

Will the zoologists awake, leave their tables in their stone palaces of
peace, and come out to the firing-line?

Will the lawmakers heed the handwriting on the wall, and make laws that
represent the full discharge of their duty toward wild life and
humanity?

Will the editors beat the alarm-gong, early and late, in season and out
of season, until the people awake?

On the answers to these questions hang the fate of the wild creatures of
the world,--their preservation or their extermination.

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INDEX

Abundance of wild life.
Accuracy, value of, in campaigning.
Acklen, J.H.
Actinomycosis.
Adams, Cyrus C., on the lion.
Adirondack State Park.
Adjutant.
Africa,
big game of
game preserves in
rinderpest in
"soon to be shot out".
African big game disappearing.
African game that needs exemption.
Agriculture, Department of.
Aigrette.
Akeley, C.E.
Alabama,
deer killed in
laws of.
Alabama Game Commissioner.
Alaska,
brown bears of
new laws needed in
game of
Sitka National Monument in.
Alaska--Yukon region.
_Albatross_, steamer, seals taken by.
Albatrosses, Laysan.
Alberta,
at fault on antelope-shooting
laws of parks of.
Alden, M.P., Percy.
Algonquin National Park.
Aliens,
game wardens killed by
prohibited from owning firearms
slaughter of song-birds by.
Altai Mountains of western China.
American Bison Society.
American Game Protective and Propagation Association.
"American Natural History" on hawks and owls.
American, North, Fish and Game Protective Association.
American private game preserves.
Amsterdam.
Animallai Hills to-day and in 1877.
"Animal Life in Africa," on status of settlers.
Animals,
predatory
caught by cats
wild, may become nuisances.
Antelope,
prong-horned
attempts to transplant
in Alberta
in Montana
in Nevada