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fishes beyond the narrow limits compatible with high-class sportsman- 

 ship. 



7. A game-butcher or a market-hunter is an undesirable citizen, and 

 should be treated as such. 



8. The highest purpose which the killing of wild game and game fishes 

 can hereafter be made to serve is in furnishing objects to overworked 

 men for tramping and camping trips in the wilds; and the value of wild 

 game as human food should no longer be regarded as an important factor 

 in its pursuit. 



9. If rightly conserved, wild game constitutes a valuable asset to any 

 country which possesses it; and it is good statesmanship to protect it. 



10. An ideal hunting trip consists of a good comrade, fine country, and 

 a very few trophies per hunter. 



11. In an ideal hunting trip, the death of the game is only an incident; 

 and by no means is it really necessary to a successful outing. 



12. The best hunter is the man who finds the most game, kills the 

 least, and leaves behind him no wounded animals. 



13. The killing of an animal means the end of its most interesting 

 period. When the country is fine, pursuit is more interesting than pos- 

 session. 



14. The killing of a female hoofed animal, save for special preservation, 

 is to be regarded as incompatible with the highest sportsmanship; and 

 it should everywhere be prohibited by stringent laws. 



15. A particularly fine photograph of a large wild animal in its haunts 

 is entitled to more credit than the dead trophy of a similar animal. An 

 animal that has been photographed never should be killed, unless pre- 

 viously wounded in the chase. 



