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one always was, and how the appetite never seemed 

 to be satisfied ; and however tired, one got up again 

 and again to re-examine the trophy of the day and 

 measure it over again, to be quite sure it had not 

 been measured too short. 



To the " old hand " in the making, the beginner, 

 after all, lies the cream of life, for his first experi- 

 ences and excitements are to come and have not 

 been dulled by use. He has no disappointments to 

 remember ; to him all days are successful days and 

 his every head is a beauty, if not a record, and he 

 sees himself returning from his first trip with many 

 a head that will make the " old hand " long to be 

 at it again. 



Let him dream, for without dreams there is no 

 romance and often no reality ; and don't we all 

 know how many a dream has come true, and many 

 an imagined red-letter day has been even more than 

 fully realized ? 



So, beginner, dream on, for in dreams there is hope, 

 and in hope there is life and sport. 



The quest of big game carries one into almost every 

 country of the globe. There is the red deer here at 

 home ; the Continent has its deer, elk, chamois, and 

 pig ; farther afield are the well-stocked countries of 

 India and Africa, the former having elephant, bison, 

 tiger, deer and antelope, and the latter the true home 

 of numerous antelope, the buffalo, the elephant, and the 

 lion. From India through the Malay Peninsula and the 



