iding on that island.

There is a happy situation in connection with the great
Perce rock at Perce, on the top of which the gulls and
cormorants have kept house for untold generations. These
birds are a constant temptation to the men with a gun, but
the Perce people are so attached to the birds that no one
would ever think of killing one, except the occasional
French fisherman who will eat a young gull when hard
pressed. Any attempt made by outsiders to use the birds as
targets is resented so strongly that even the cormorants are
let live.

Your address seems to me timely and extremely pertinent. I
hope your proposition may receive more than passing
attention and the suggestions therein be made effective, for
they certainly aim to maintain the natural attractions and
the natural resources of the country.

Mr. Napoleon A. Comeau, author of _Life and Sport on the North Shore_,
and one who has had fifty years' practical experience within the
Labrador area, writes from Godbout River, Que.:

I trust your good work will be crowned with success. A lot
of good has already been accomplished by the spreading of
literature on this subject by the Audubon Society, the
A.O.U. and others, but much remains to be accomplished. It
has always been my aim in this section to prevent wanton
destruction of all kinds and I am glad to say I have had
considerable success in educating our younger generation
here. Small birds of all kinds used to be wantonly killed by
boys, a thing I rarely see now--it was the same in the other
ways by men--but I must say that _real_ trappers or Indians
are not the worst by any means. These men will kill at all
times and seasons but only through necessity; strangers and
so-called sportsmen are generally the offenders. I have been
a trapper myself for years, a professional, but had been
taught never to kill wantonly.... Of course, much study and
care must be exercised in preserving species of birds and
animals from destruction, or else, as you say, mistakes may
be made. There are species of such that are destructive to
others when allowed to increase beyond certain limits, and
it takes a very short time to do that in some cases....
About three years ago, ruffed grouse were so scarce
everywhere that I have travelled hundreds of