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quarter in a safe place and thai it nexer would do any more 

 harm as a part of the root of all e\il. 



I have observed the genus tourist, from the days when I 

 have turned an honest penny by supplying him with bait and 

 showing him where to find the fish and catch them, up to the 

 point when being in a strange country and yielding to a pro- 

 pensity to catch fish, I have been classed as a tourist myself, 

 and been considered legitimate prey for anvone who could 

 separate me from my monev. 



Those tourists who cannot \ery well afi:'ord it, as well as 

 many who can, are very apt to employ a man known in sea- 

 son as a guide. Guides out of season are generally hired men 

 and fellow citizens. Their duty seems to consist in supplying 

 their master's creel, and loafing along the creek, luer and 

 anon the guide's \oice will come floating o\'er the willows: 

 "Have you ketched air}' one yet?" And the tourist will 

 shout back: "No, but I had a bite!" 



And for such inexperienced idiots the soda mines of the 

 country work da}- and night to suppl}' him buscuit. 



It is not all of fishing, howex'er, to fish. The tourist goes 

 back home with a sunburn that is cheap at any price. 



The tourist has a hard time of it. If he does not catch 

 any fish he is classed as a fool for spending his time and 

 money in a vain pursuit and if he catches a lot of fish he is 

 named a fish hog. He is condemned if he does and he is 

 condemned if he does not. AVay down in the heart of each 

 one of us, lies a secret l)elief that all game is made for our 

 particular use and for none other. 



The visiting sportsman, being comi)aratively harmless and 

 easv monev, has an economic \alue that is \ery great. In a 

 mountain country such as the one in which I live he is of 

 much importance. Xo protectixe measure aimed at the sum- 

 mer boarder's sport has a chance of passing a vigilant legis- 

 lature. We welcome hinr as a coming guest with a pocket 

 full of monev and speed him as a parting guest when he goes 

 without the fine, large, juicy wad of money which he brought 

 into the countrv. 



