A Sportsman’s Apology 
Good hunting in pastures new is contagious. 
Half the zest of the chase in little-known places 
lies in the pleasure of opening up hunting-grounds 
into which others thereafter may follow, profiting 
by the first comer’s experience. 
It is in response to repeated urging of friends 
that we put into permanent form our own experi¬ 
ences on hunts such as these—that these jottings 
from the note-book and camera catches are pre¬ 
sented. Where, here and there, terms have crept 
in, which one very familiar with is apt to use, 
forgetful that others may not have such close ac¬ 
quaintance with the same, amplifications have been 
made by Mr. Felix J. Koch, of Cincinnati. 
If, through the reading of this narrative, others 
may be able to gather some idea of the life of the 
big-game hunter, and made to realize that it is not 
always an easy task, first, to secure, and then bring 
home desirable trophies;—or if any brother sports¬ 
man may gather from these pages things of inter¬ 
est or value for future work, abundant satisfaction 
will be felt. 
We are not attempting to give a detailed ac¬ 
count of the manner in which each trophy has 
been secured—but endeavoring, rather, to put the 
jumbled notes of a hunter’s diary into more per¬ 
manent form. 
It is such a volume, then, that is presented, 
with all due apologies, by 
THE AUTHOR. 
