XII 



EXPENSE 



"God gives no value unto man 



Unmatched by meed of labor, 

 And cost of worth has ever been 

 The closest neighbor." 



AN[ African big -game hunt costs money, it costs 

 time, it costs hard work, and it costs inconvenience 

 and annoyance from insectivora and excessive heat, and 

 involves exposure to possible local and climatic disease. 

 The experience, the pleasure, and general satisfaction 

 of the trip surpass all cost and all risk. If what you get 

 by way of outfitting and what you pay for were a little 

 closer neighbors, it would be more satisfactory. They 

 tell you to beware the charge of the elephant, the buffalo, 

 the lion, and the rhino, but there is another charge that 

 many think falls within the danger zone, and from which 

 there is no escape the charge of the outfitters. They 

 look after their safaris and give them good service, and 

 if their charges seem to follow the rule formerly in vogue 

 with our railroads in fixing freight charges, of charging 

 "what the traffic will bear/' per contra, they do their 

 business systematically and well, look after their safaris 

 painstakingly and most efficiently, and that is a service 

 for which one can afford to pay. 



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