DEER HUNTING IN CUBA 



The love of hunting is inherent in man, and 

 deer hunting is a sport that numbers among its 

 votaries men in all walks of life. It possesses a 

 peculiar charm, that, once absorbed by the system, 

 cannot be eradicated. 



Those who have not experienced it cannot at all 

 appreciate the great pleasure to be derived from 

 killing big game in a wild country, surrounded by 

 undisturbed nature the enjoyment increasing with 

 the danger and the uncertainty of the hunt. The 

 mere killing of an animal, however, does not con- 

 vey pleasure or constitute sport, for man is not in- 

 stinctively blood-thirsty; but the triumph of con- 

 quering and capturing an animal, which pits its 

 cunning and speed against your endurance and 

 skill, gives to the sport a zest so keen that it sets 

 one's nerves a-tingle. The thrill experienced in 

 seeing one's first deer go down can hardly be de- 

 scribed in words. 



All deer hunts are naturally more or less alike, 

 and accounts of those devoid of special accident or 



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