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6. No man can be a good citizen and also be a 

 slaughterer of game or fishes beyond the narrow limits 

 compatible with high-class sportsmanship. 



7. A game-butcher or a market-hunter is an undesirable 

 citizen, and should be treated as such. 



8. The highest purpose which the killing of wild game 

 and game fishes can hereafter be made to serve is in fur- 

 nishing objects to over-worked men for tramping and 

 camping trips in the wilds ; and the value of wild game as 

 human food should no longer be regarded as an important 

 factor in its pursuit. 



9. If rightly conserved, wild game constitutes a valu- 

 able asset to any country which possesses it ; and it is good 

 statesmanship to protect it. 



10. An ideal hunting trip consists of a good comrade, 

 fine country, and a very few trophies per hunter. 



11. In an ideal hunting trip, the death of the game is 

 only an incident ; and by no means is it really necessary to 

 ■a successful outing. 



12. The best hunter is the man who finds the most 

 game, kills the least, and leaves behind him no wounded 

 animals. 



13. The killing of an animal means the end of its most 

 interesting period. When the country is fine, pursuit is 

 more interesting than possession. 



14. The killing of a female hoofed animal, save for 

 special preservation, is to be regarded as incompatible with 

 the highest sportsmanship; and it should everywhere be 

 prohibited by stringent laws. 



15. A particularly fine photograph of a large wild ani- 

 mal in its haunts is entitled to more credit than the dead 

 trophy of a similar animal. An animal that has been photo- 

 graphed never should be killed, unless previously wounded 

 :in the chase. 



