PREFACE. 



NATURE'S CALL: 



There is instilled within each one of us a persistent 

 something that we call "desire." There are various 

 things to be desired some desire one thing, some another; 

 some have many and numerous desires; while others may 

 have but few. It is a safe bet, however, that all of us 

 experience one desire that we cannot get away from 

 namely the desire to respond to nature's persistent call. 



This call cannot be evaded. It may be postponed, but it 

 ever keeps on tugging at our heartstrings, and must be fi- 

 nally answered. For a time, nature's call may be neglect- 

 ed, forgotten in the busy struggle along life's tempestuous 

 way, but the call will return again and again, and must be 

 responded to. 



There 1 is a something within each of us a desire to 

 commune with nature; no matter where we live, or what our 

 calling. The city-bred man especially has a constant yearn- 

 ing to get out and away from all the noise and bustle and 

 strife for a quiet vacation-time among the hills and along 

 the cool streams, there to try his skill and pit his knowl-. 

 edge and resourcefulness against nature's own, while 

 those living in the smaller centers of population and in 

 the rural districts experience and answer the same call. 

 All of us have this great desire, and fortunate indeed is the 

 man who is able to answer the call promptly. A great ar- 

 my of would-be sportsmen, however, on account of their 



