The book of camping and woodcraft; a guidebook for those who travel in the wilderness . affliction is more likely to seize upon thenovice when he is sitting on a stand and hears thedogs baying toward him. It is hard on a fellowsnerves to sit there, praying with all his soul that thebear may not run some other way, and yet half doubt-ful of his own ability to head it off if it does come hisway. The chances are that it will by no means runover him, but that it will come crashing through thebrush at some point on one side, toward which he willhave to run with all his might and main before firing.
The book of camping and woodcraft; a guidebook for those who travel in the wilderness . affliction is more likely to seize upon thenovice when he is sitting on a stand and hears thedogs baying toward him. It is hard on a fellowsnerves to sit there, praying with all his soul that thebear may not run some other way, and yet half doubt-ful of his own ability to head it off if it does come hisway. The chances are that it will by no means runover him, but that it will come crashing through thebrush at some point on one side, toward which he willhave to run with all his might and main before if he does let that bear go through, after all thehard work of dogs and drivers, his shirt-tail will beamputated that night by his comrades and hung froma high pole in the midst of the camp—a flag of dis-tress indeed! Who wouldnt get buck-ague in the faceof such alternative ? It is hard on a fellows nerves, I say, to hear thosedogs coming toward liim, and to know from the racket • -r:^ - . ? > V-. i7<v -1 \ ij^ys ^^-~fji<ik^- il- * ;I4 ? yl Good Days Shoot. An Ideal Camp Fire MARKSMANSHIP IN THE WOODS 99 that a bear is certainly ahead of them, but not to knowwhere or when the brute may emerge, nor what infernaltrees and thicket and downwood may be in the you hit him ? That is the question. The honorof the camp is on your shoulders. Ah, me! it is easyto follow the pack on horseback—to chase after some-thing that is running away. But to sit here chewingyour mustache while at any moment a hard-pressedand angry bear may burst out of the thicket and findyou in his way—nothing but you between him andnear-by freedom—gentlemen, it tests nerve! Ask anyold soldier whether he would rather charge or be is not the effect of fear. In fact, fear hasnothing to do with it. It is a tremor and a gallopingof the heart that comes from over-anxiety lest youshould fail to score. Precisely the same seizure maycome upon you on the target range. That
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