INTER-OCEAN HUNTING TALES 



whether it is based upon a clearly defined 

 reason, or is merely a capricious sentiment, 

 may be instructive. All animal life in one way 

 or another exists or is sacrificed for the bene- 

 fit of humanity. No one can reasonably 

 combat this assertion. By the very instinct 

 of his being, man assumes to have an unques- 

 tioned right to subject the lower order of 

 created life to his use. This assertion of his 

 authority dates from the beginning when the 

 fiat was delivered "Let him have dominion 

 over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl 

 of the air, and over every living thing that 

 moveth upon the face of the earth!" In 

 what way shall this authority be exercised? 

 Human necessity or convenience alone has 

 determined that question without the brute 

 creation being considered. The beast that is 

 reduced to servitude, and compelled to work 

 the balance of his existence, finds no advocate 

 for his emancipation; no protest is made 



against the wholesale slaughter of cattle to 



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