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Introduction 



CONSCIOUSLY or unconsciously, Herr Schillings 

 has followed in th(' fo(jtstcps of Mr. Kdvvard North 

 Buxton, who was the hrst sportsman of roputo havinc^ 

 the couraj^o to stand u[j before* a sncjhhish public and 

 proclaim that th(* best sport for a man ol cultivated mind 

 is the snapshcjtting with the c.amera (with or withcjut the 

 tel(q)hot(j^raphic h-ns), rather than the pumping- of lead 

 into elephants, rhin(Jceroses, antelopes, zebras, and many 

 other harmlf'ss, beautiful, or rare b(jasts and birds. if 

 any naturalist-explorer previously d(q)recated the irightiul 

 devastation which followed in the track of British sports- 

 men, and a few American, Russian, German, or Hungarian 

 imitators, it was thought that he did so because he was 

 a bad shcjt, or lack('d the necessary courage to fire at a 

 dangerous beast. Mr. Ikjxton, however, had proved his 

 manhood (so to speak) in the many sporting adventures 

 which preceded his conversion. Therefore people have 

 listened to him, and the way has been paved for such 

 a work as that of Herr Schillings. 



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