Big Game Shooting 



I have seen it. They are synonymous! In the 

 heart of the forest, on the vast open plains, one 

 is alone with Nature. I have heard it said 

 that it turns one into a barbarian. I am afraid 

 I don't agree. Sorry ! But Nature is there, every- 

 where, and alive in all her glory. Leave shooting 

 alone ! What remains ? Walk about and look, 

 and there are the birds, the beasts, the insects, 

 and the flowers ! What more can one want ? 

 Study them. What do they do ? How do they 

 live? It is part of the programme of every 

 man's life to look into these seemingly small 

 details. Look into them, and it will be seen, I 

 think, fairly clearly how it behoves one to live. 



Have a try, and you will not be any the worse 

 for having been in a lovely, lonely land and leading 

 a wholesome life, useful to yourself and also to 

 your fellow-creatures. 



I could transport you to a view over the Athi 

 Plains, from a certain tree where I found the 

 peace — the only peace — I never had before; in 

 the golden sunlight, in its fading glories, in the 

 twilight ! 



I lived and loved it, and loved to the utter- 

 most ! 



But I have said enough — not being a novelist. 



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