XIII 

 A VOYAGE AROUND THE ROOM 



IT is not given to all of us to visit foreign lands, 

 or to know the wilderness regions of all the 

 world, but sometimes quite a voyage around 

 the world may be taken within the confines of an 

 average sportsman's den. Outdoor men are natural 

 collectors, and nearly every hunter of your acquain- 

 tance will have a lot of mounted heads and rugs, an 

 assortment of all kinds of rifles and guns, and 

 countless curious knickknacks which he has accu- 

 mulated from year to year in uncivilized portions 

 of the globe. Your real sportsman is nothing if 

 not impractical. Ask him why he picks up this 

 worthless plunder, and probably he could not tell 

 you. The things just naturally seem to stick to 

 him. 



In any one of a dozen lodges, dens, or junk rooms 

 whatever you choose to call this sanctum sanc- 

 torum of the outdoor crank you may perhaps, 

 when you come to investigate, run across a liberal 

 education in some phases of outdoor life, so that 



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