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upright sportsman, he shoots a
missile buck and takes its head
a mounted later hang on
his fireplace or on his trophy room.
As he looks at it, if he very imag-
inations, it brings back to him
the feel of the morning air, the sweet
gy of the forest and the wild thrill of
exultation as the buck went down.
But all that is memory picture only
and it is limited (Himself) to the
can a camera mounted head does
never bring to others the smallest
part of the joy he felt & the beauty of
the scene he saw.
To the naturalist the excitement of
the hunt is only one of the fascinating
sides of the sport. Not only does he have
the pleasure of planning the
grape but the actual reconstruction
brings him direction, in the Museum
when he is up to guide or mislay
brings back in a double measure
careful
the happenings of that day in the
wilds & when strange lands and
stranger people. And with what
loving care the labours to reproduce
with fidelity and minutest detail
the scene of his hunt that it may
bring to his city dwelling audience
some part of his own pleasure.