| Show HIS CONSCIENCE IN REVOLT Killer of Condors Ruled Refused to Practice Profession for Any Paltry Rem Remuneration In Tn his book In UIn the Wilds of South America Mr Leo E E. E Miller tells us UI that when ho hu went into Argentina on ona ona a collecting trip he found an Italian who claimed to be the champion condor con conn condol dor dol hunter of ot all nil South America During Dur Dur- leI lag ten years ears he be had killed more than sixteen thousand of ot the magnificent birds His record for one day was Wal Naturally they tIley had become greatly reduced in number for a n condor condor condor con con- dor lays no more than thon two eggs and und it takes many months to rear the young The mans man's method was to drive a burro to some lonely gorge among the bleak mountain tops fa favored ored b by the birds and then kill the animal He as very particular In stating that the burro had to be fat a tnt a poor one would not do for tor bait balt He then spread nets nels about the carcass and when the condors condors condors con con- dors had gathered about to feast he pulled a rope rope- and ensnared them On Onore I ore one occasion he snared 07 67 at one throw of or the net The captured birds w were re dispatched with a club and the win long feathers extracted to be exported export exported ex ex- port ported d to France to decorate women's hats ls With his accumulated wealth he built a powder mill but It promptly blew up and he was virtually penal penni less Of course there were condors condol's In the mountains mountains mountains-la In fact he knew of ot ofa ota a ledge where more than eight hundred hun hun- dred birds were accustomed to congregate congregate congre congre- gate to spend the night but the price of feathers had gone down 50 0 per cent He ne ended his s1 speech cech in a very cry dramatic dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic manner What he Ire said me go out and slaughter such a wonderful wonder magnificent magnificent magnificent cent and rare a 11 bird as the condor for tor forten forten torten ten pesos each No senor I Not mel met |
