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Three or four yearsjigo the waters of Mono Lake were the stamping grmod ofthousands of gulls, curlews pnd1. other voter birds, who inadd It their home in strangerand winter. These birds laid their eggs andhatched their youngon the islands in the lakeand, sate for the occasional Indian’s trip for plonder, they were unmolested; Bat it became known thatupon the islands mflfioKi Qf gull eggs were procnrable for a small out-. lay of trouble and some enterprising indirid* oals began an opposition to tba outside egg shippers. The eggs, altlioogh too strong for the average egg eater straight, were foond to possess advantages over all others In the culinary department, and the hotel and private family’s cook alike £t°ofc lDodSj to the young gulls in theirynatise; state*Bodiebecame a live market for the produce, and prices were quoted as high as two “bits” a dozen. But the bottom of ihaegg “plant” was emxranterafoaaday and the old gnUs never attempted to seplapfcfe the depleted stock. As a result the ria tighter of the innocent young birds has deprived Mono Lake of much life and now the number of gulls is perceptibly diminishing; tho old birds having no place to dsporit their eggs,and if they are not allowed to brad, uponthe islands again undisturbed the gutt tribe In a f ew yearn at the Irathe* willIbeeomo extinct.— Bodie Free Pieu,
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Towanda Bradford Republican
Towanda, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jan 25, 1883
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