CHAPTER XIV 



CONCLUSION 



IN bright array a series of hunting pictures of 

 all kinds and conditions of sport, far away 

 in the east and in our beloved Germany, 

 has passed before our eyes. I have tried to 

 bring, too, my own sensations and feelings 

 before my readers. 



We sporting men pity, from the bottom of 

 our hearts, those to whom the pleasures of 

 the sport — no matter in what form — are for- 

 bidden or unknown. And when I write of 

 " sport," I mean especially the sport of " stalk- 

 ing." For it seems to me that when you 

 consider the whole range of huntings — that 

 wonderful combination of battle delight in 

 Nature and contemplation — stalking is the 

 truest sport of all. The shooting of driven 

 game is merely a question of marksmanship, 



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