CHAPTER VII
TO THE TEACHER
For a fuller account of this Wild Bird Reservation see the chapter in “Where Rolls the Oregon,” called “Three-Arch Rocks Reservation.” Bring out in your reading the point I wished to make, namely that these great reservations of State and Federal Government are not only to preserve bird and animal life, but also to preserve nature—a portion of the earth—wild and primitive and thrilling, against the constant encroachments of civilization. Interest your pupils in their own local parks, preserves, etc., and if they have farms or wood-lots, have them post them and set them aside as their personal sanctuaries for wild life.
FOR THE PUPIL
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Tillamook: the name of a town near the coast of Oregon.
at the mouth of the bay: Tillamook Bay, where the bar is only about thirty feet wide, making the passage extremely difficult and dangerous.
Three-Arch Rocks Reservation: was set aside by President Roosevelt. Credit for this and the other Oregon Reservations is largely due to Mr. William L. Finley and the Audubon Societies.
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Shag Rock: so named for the black cormorants that nest upon it, for these birds are commonly known as “shags.”
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the sea-lions: were of the species known as Steller’s sea-lions.
reversed in shape: I mean the close hind flippers, the tapering hind end of the body, gave them an unnatural shape—reversed.
Æolus: the god of the winds.