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Nature Portraits 
killed from necessity of obtaining food. As he 
arose above his contestants, this necessity became 
less urgent. He has now obtained dominion, 
but he is not yet fully emancipated from the 
necessity of taking life. Perhaps complete 
emancipation will come. 
The old desire to kill — first born oi 
necessity — still lingers. But now we kill also 
for “sport.” Practically a new motive has been 
born into the world with man, — the desire to 
kill for the sake of killing. One generation or- 
white men is sufficient practically to exterminate 
the bison and several other species. All this 
needs justification. The lower creation is not the plaything of man. 
We are still obliged to kill for our necessities. More and more we 
are rearing the animals that we would take for food. We give them more 
comfortable lives. We remove them 
from the necessities of protecting 
themselves from violence. We take 
our own. There is no question of 
morals. We give that we may take; 
and we take because we must. 
To kill for mere sport is a 
very different matter : it lies outside 
the realm of struggle for existence. 
Too often there is not even the 
justification of fair play. Usually 
the hunter exposes himself to no 
danger from the animal that he 
would kill. He has the advantage 
of long-range weapons. There is no 
combat. 
But there is another and a fairer 
side. The satisfaction in hunting is 
often the joy of skill in marksman- 
ship, the pleasure of woodcraft, the 
enthusiasm of being out of doors, the 
keen delight in discovering the 
By W. E. Carlin 
By W. E. Carlin 
PIKA, OR LITTLE CHIEF HARE 
A very difficult species to photograph. It is necessary to find a 
favourite point of rock which the Pika is in the habit of using 
as a sunning place, set up the camera, and then retire, screened 
with leaves and weeds. 
FLYING SQUIRRELS 
