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teach them something of the animals
belong to the lands they inhabit.
To his scientific training he owes another
source of pleasure even greater than the
other for every live of the beautiful
animal before him has a meaning
which adds to his store of first-
hand knowledge of that vast nature's
crown has refreshed herself in her
living wild creatures. He sees it
then in a different light, however
how many specimens he has ex-
amined in the museum, for now
it is in its own environment in
the surroundings of its own climate.
Perhaps characters which have puzzled
him or his fellow colleagues are now
make clear as he can read the story
of its life history with clearness and
this certain knowledge of truths.
And above all is the delight when
he feels certain that he has before
him a new discovery - an animal
species new to science. Be it large
or little small, whether the animal
has fallen to his rifle or his trap,
then as the joy of pursuing that he
has at last solved some small problem
to the larger solving learned so many
of nature's secrets, has traced one