IX 



THE SPORTSMAN'S MONTH 



y£ ;P O R T S M E N have al- 

 most had November for 

 their own. This is the 

 open season for more 

 kinds of game than may 

 be shot in any other 

 month. So it has come 

 to pass that many people 

 scarcely think of walking into the woods 

 unless they have with them gun and dog. 

 As a matter of fact, these have become 

 with very many American sportsmen simply 

 the excuse. It is a better spirit that really 

 animates them. Over every one there 

 comes, now and then, a swelling longing 

 to escape from the trammels and conven- 

 tions of civilization and to live the simple 

 and unconstrained life of the woods. But 

 most men would feel foolish if they were to 



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