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of descending into the brute's subterranean 

 cavern to apply the necessary match. Like 

 many other householders, Bruin objects very 

 strongly to indoor pyrotechnic al displays, and 

 is wont to express his distaste in a violent 

 fashion that is more easily imagined than 

 described. 



7. 



We have heard a good deal lately of that 

 bloodless method of shooting big game with 

 the aid of a photographic camera, which appeals 

 especially to humanitarians who have no inten- 

 tion of employing it. From the point of view 

 of the hunted animal this system possesses 

 many obvious advantages, though it may occa- 

 sionally cause a certain amount of inconvenience 

 to the hunter. 



The name of my late friend Mr. Theophilus 

 Polito is well known wherever the custom still 

 survives of entertaining guests after dinner by 

 allowing them to inspect bulky photograph 

 albums containing faded portraits of those of 

 their host's aunts whom they have never been 

 privileged to meet in the flesh. 



Some two years ago Mr. Polito was inspired 

 to undertake a journey into the heart of Nubia 

 in order to hunt the monarch of the desert in 

 his native fastnesses. He was fully armed 



