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In afternoon the session
was held at the High
School.
A.A. Allen on Forest Investigation
Cleaves on N Stra Gulf
St. Lawrence, Foxes
Fish Husho etc.
Stoddard on various birds
of southern swamps
Sivarth on Galapagos
Pearson on Educational work
of Nat. Assoc. And. So.
He spoke last asking young
people to Judge themselves
as to Kill Birds. He thought
that they should be taught to
love birds as then they
would be protected, and
such numbers would result
that there would be plenty
for those who found
themselves in shooting.
The desire to kill had descended
to us from our ancestors and
he advocated giving a
boy a gun and letting him to hunt