WESTERN CAMP LIFE 



ful, has every reason in the world to expect 

 success, provided he is accompanied by a real 

 hunter, such an one as I have above described. 

 It is very important to employ a competent 

 guide if one expects a successful hunt. When 

 I speak of a competent guide I mean a man 

 who is a good hunter and also capable of 

 managing a hunting outfit. 



Guides may be divided into three classes: 



1 I ) Ordinary frauds who are watching 

 an opportunity to "work" some u dude," by 

 which name sportsmen are sometimes desig- 

 nated in the slang of the country. 



(2) Backwoodsmen who are good hun- 

 ters and tireless and will supply a sportsman 

 with the best they know how to provide, but 

 being ignorant of the ordinary comforts of 

 civilized life, treat their sportsmen with the 

 same cruel neglect to which they have accus- 

 tomed themselves. 



"(3) The man who makes a regular busi- 

 ness of acting as a guide, who is a good 

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