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seemingly similar places is most apt to contain game; 

 not only will he possess the skill in packing horses, or 

 handling a canoe in rough water, or finding his way 

 through the wilderness, which the amateur must lack; 

 but even the things which the amateur does, the profes- 

 sional will do so much more easily and rapidly, as in the 

 one case to leave, and in the other case not to leave, 

 ample time for the hunting proper. Therefore the or- 

 dinary amateur sportsman, especially if he lives in a 

 city, must count upon the services of trained men, possi- 

 bly to help him in hunting, certainly to help him in trav- 

 elling, cooking, pitching camp, and the like; and this 

 he must do, if he expects to get good sport, no matter 

 how hardy he may be, and no matter how just may be 

 the pride he ought to take in his own craft, skill, and 

 capacity to undergo fatigue and exposure. But while 

 normally he must take advantage of the powers of others, 

 he should certainly make a point of being able to shift 

 for himself whenever the need arises; and he can only 

 be sure of possessing this capacity by occasionally exer- 

 cising it. It ought to be unnecessary to point out that 

 the wilderness is not a place for those who are dependent 

 upon luxuries, and above all for those who make a camp- 

 ing trip an excuse for debauchery. Neither the man who 

 wants to take a French cook and champagne on a hunting 

 trip, nor his equally objectionable though less wealthy 

 brother who is chiefly concerned with filling and empty- 

 ing a large whiskey jug, has any place whatever in the 

 real life of the wilderness. 



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