American Big-Game Hunting 
easily killed, and the shooting of them be- 
comes slaughter. Deer and antelope are 
more graceful and less easy to get a shot.at 
than elk. Mountain sheep offer far more ex- 
citement in the chase over rugged cliffs. 
White goats are seldom seen, save in limited 
areas and out-of-the-way regions. Buffalo 
are now so rarely seen that to come upon one 
in the wilds is the ambition of the hunter. 
Bear-hunting must always be exciting on ac- 
count of the element of danger. Preferring 
not to use the rifle, the pleasures of the chase 
do not enter into my enjoyment of animal life, 
and to me elk are the most interesting of all 
big game, and a constant source of pleasure. 
I never tire of watching them, they show so 
much individuality and independence of char- 
acter and stateliness of manner. In spite of 
the fact that they are gregarious and fond of 
companionship, they show less affection for 
each other than almost any other animal. 
I have much feeling in common with an old 
Scotch friend of mine, a lover of nature and a 
frequenter of forest and mountain, who spent 
a fortnight in the Park with the express pur- 
pose of reproducing upon his bagpipe those 
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