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When I hear of the destruction of a species I feel just as if all the works of some great writer had perished ; as if we had lost all instead of only part of Polybius 0r Livy. Very truly yours.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

[My dear illr. Chapman .-

take this chance of writing a word to you in behalf of the work of your Society. It would be hard to overestimate the importance of its educational effects. Half, and more than half, the Beauty of the woods and ﬁelds is gone when they lose the harmless wild things, while, if we could only ever get our people to the point of taking a universal and thoroughly intelligent interest in the preservation of gamevbirds and ﬁsh, the result would be an important addition to our food supply. Ultimately, people are sure to realize that to kill off all game-birds and net out all ﬁsh streams is not much more sensible than it would be to kill off all our milch cows and brood mares As for the birds that are the special object of the preservation of your Society, we should keep them just as we keep trees. They add im» measurably to the wholesome beauty of life
 * It was the greatest pleasure to sign the Hallock bill. Let me

Faithfully yours, (Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

SOLITARY SANDPII’ER mm nature. by 'r. L. Hanktnsnn Axlnn. Adirondacks, N. \'.. Sam. 1. I899