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they are old enough to go on their first trek to the wilder- 

 ness. They are not likely to be able to drop sixteen 

 elephants in one day, as the late Mr. Arthur H. Neumann 

 once did in British East Africa, as, very wisely, the 

 Governments of all our African possessions have now 

 limited the number of the game allowed to be shot 

 annually ; but they will be able to shoot all they want for 

 trophies, and what more could any sportsman desire than 

 that. 



The best guide for the trophy-hunter is, of course, that 

 well-known work, " Records of Big Game," by the late 

 Mr. Rowland Ward, and in it will be found much 

 information regarding the haunts of game all over the 

 world. 



The tyro will pick up many useful hints from books 

 which are bound to be useful to him at some time or other, 

 and so much information is now published about the best 

 game countries in different parts of the world that he will 

 have little difficulty in finding his way to a good game 

 country. 



It should be remembered that the best sport is usually 

 got by those who leave the beaten track, and who have the 

 energy and self-reliance to break into new lands where the 

 game has not been molested or disturbed. 



A last word of advice to the beginner is to shoot in 

 a thoroughly sporting manner, and to remember that other 

 generations of sportsmen will arise who, in their time, will 

 long for the same wild freedom and sport that we to-day 

 are able to enjoy. 



In the playing fields he will learn to behave in a manly 

 and sporting manner, and, when he is old enough to 

 engage in field sports, this will not be forgotten. 



The charm of all shooting, be it large or small game, is 

 that here we get to the heart of Nature, for the charm is 

 not in the killing, but rather in the wild, natural sur- 

 roundings, which always give an indescribable fascination 

 to the sport. 



