American Big-Game Hunting 



good fortune for a number of years to spend 

 my annual vacation in a country where game 

 is so abundant that little effort is needed to 

 provide camp with the needed fresh meat. 



Having in years gone by, through force of 

 circumstances, acquired a thorough technical 

 knowledge of photography, it naturally oc- 

 curred to me to attempt the use of the camera 

 when there was no need for a rifle. Although 

 I had such a knowledge of photography and 

 of the habits of the game as had always en- 

 abled me to meet with fair success in the use 

 of either camera or rifle, I had no adequate 

 idea of the difficulties of my undertaking until 

 they became real from actual experience. My 

 first effort was with a small and excellent 

 hand camera, which also served to make 

 views of camp scenes and the beautiful 

 scenery of. the country in which I was hunt- 

 ing. I was especially fortunate in that my 

 hunting-ground was on some one of the great 

 park plateaus of northwestern Colorado. 



These 'plateaus are indeed the sportsman's 

 paradise. They comprise numerous great 

 parks, forests of timber, and lakes ranging in 

 size from the tiny pool of brown snow-water 



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