DEDICATION 



AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION OF HIS QUALITIES AS A SPORTSMAN 



IN RECOGNITION OF THE KEEN INTEREST WHICH HE HAS TAKEN 



IN THE SHOOTING OF BIG GAME, AND IN ADMIRATION OF 



HIS ABILITIES WITH THE RIFLE AND THE PEN 



THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO 



THEODORE ROOSEVELT 



presidp:n't of the u.s. of America 

 WITH THE RESPECTFUL COMPLIMENTS OF THE AUTHOR 



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