28 ON THE DOGMATISM 



Of all dogmatism, that of youth naturally 

 bears away the bell. Not long ago I met a 

 young man at a Levantine table d hole, and 

 found him to be a brother o-unner. Thlnklno^ 



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to interest him, I took out of my pocket the 

 cartridge of the latest thing in rifles, which 

 had been sent me with a letter solIcitinQf an 

 order. It was the usual type of bullet, small- 

 bore smokeless — a 117-grain "armour-clad," 

 with a soft lead point. I told him the 

 makers recommended it for deer-stalking, to 

 which he said, ''Well, it might do for deer, 

 but It wouldn't for pig." Our subsequent 

 conversation revealed the fact that he had 

 once seen a pig shot — with a shot gun — and 

 never any other big game at all. Yet he 

 gave his opinion authoritatively to me, who 

 had been Introduced to stis scrofa before he 

 was breeched — to me who, knowing what 



