Preface 



The first volume published by the Boone 

 and Crockett Club, under the title "American 

 Big Game Hunting," confined itself, as its 

 title implied, to sport on this continent. In 

 presenting the second volume, a number of 

 sketches are included written by members who 

 have hunted big game in other lands. The 

 contributions of those whose names are so 

 well known in connection with explorations 

 in China and Tibet, and in Africa, have an 

 exceptional interest for men whose use of the 

 rifle has been confined entirely to the North 

 American continent. 



During the two years that have elapsed 

 since the appearance of its last volume, the 

 Boone and Crockett Club has not been idle. 

 The activity of its members was largely in- 

 strumental in securing at last the passage by 

 Congress of an act to protect the Yellowstone 

 National Park, and to punish crimes and of- 

 fenses within its borders, though it may be 



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