NATURE OF SPORT 261 



for the complete rest from work which it gives to 

 a busy man ; for the health, the strength, the skill, 

 the energy, the endurance called for by his favourite 

 pursuit, and increased by it in turn, than for the 

 mere brute weight of his bag. In other words, 

 as in almost every other pursuit that is really 

 valuable, with him the chase is worth more than 

 the game, the process itself and its accompaniments 

 than the results. 



