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constrained to check their kindly ef- 

 forts by promptly conceding that the 

 charge was too nearly true to be de- 

 nied. 



There can be no doubt that certain 

 men are endowed with a sort of in- 

 herent and spontaneous instinct which 

 leads them to hunting and fishing in- 

 dulgence as the most alluring and 

 satisfying of all recreations. In this 

 view, I believe it may be safely said 

 that the true hunter or fisherman is 

 born, not made. I believe, too, that 

 those who thus by instinct and birth- 

 right belong to the sporting frater- 

 nity and are actuated by a genuine 

 sporting spirit, are neither cruel, nor 

 greedy and wasteful of the game and 

 fish they pursue; and I am convinced 

 that there can be no better conserva- 

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