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their high, worth. Writing as a hunter-naturalist, 

 Mr. McGuire says: — 



"When the grizzly bear shall have passed — 

 and he is found in such lamentably small numbers 

 now that his exit from our midst is but a question 

 of years — there shall have disappeared from our 

 mountains one of the sublimest specimens of ani- 

 mal life that exalts the western wilderness. As a 

 sporting trophy, his hide stands at the top of the 

 list of American wild animals — one which sports- 

 men from all over the world have come here to se- 

 cure. Nowhere else in the world can the grizzly 

 bear be found except in western North America, 

 and we as sportsmen naturalists should see to it 

 that his demise is not hastened and that his life 

 shall be preserved to posterity." 



Shooting is not all there is to hunting. Hunters 

 while hunting often take on a new lease of effi- 

 ciency, even though they do not get the grizzly. 

 Often, too, they make the intimate acquaintance of 

 another hunter, or of a guide, and return with en- 

 larged views into human nature; or they develop 

 a new and worth-while outdoor interest. So that, 

 considered solely for hunting purposes, the grizzly 

 has both a commercial and a higher value. 



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