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twenty mile ride home after a good run, but in these 

 times such a sequel to a day's hunting would be very 

 unwelcome to the majority of young men. 



The substitution of " driving " for the old method 

 of " walking up " may have resulted in a great im- 

 provement in actual shooting skill, but the walk from 

 one stand to another is after all only fit exercise for 

 the old and infirm. The idea to-day seems to be to 

 get a maximum bag at the expense of the minimum 

 exertion and fatigue. 



Although the fact is not appreciated, severe exercise 

 does undoubtedly increase the pleasure of all sport, 

 and the popularity of stalking is sufficient proof. 

 Although it is a sport confined chiefly to rich men, 

 their riches do not smooth the road to success, and it is 

 only at the expense of many hours' arduous toil they 

 can hope to attain a stag. The big game hunter is 

 another instance of the man who relies for the greater 

 part on his search for the game to afford him the 

 finest thrills. The hard work, discomfort and dangers 

 attendant thereon only help to increase his keenness, 

 and no heads or skins are valued unless they have been 

 difficult to procure. Unless it may be the urgent 

 necessity of getting fresh meat, no man who at con- 

 siderable expense visits the wilder parts of Africa 

 takes any pleasure in that which is easy to find and 

 as easy to kill. 



The American application of the word ** hunting " 

 to the use of either gun or hound by which I began 

 this article has led me away into other channels which 

 it is not my intention further to explore. My idea 

 was to emphasise the necessity for a mutual sympathy 

 between hunting and shooting men. The principal 

 goal of the best exponents in both sports is the same. 



