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A DANGEROUS GAME

A few days ago, I received a package in the mail. A friend sent me a book in which he’d contributed a chapter. It was a massive book, measuring more than 15 inches tall, almost 2 inches thick and weighing more than 10 pounds. It was mostly about hunting dangerous game in Africa.

To say the least, I’m elated with my gift and the good education and entertainment it has been providing. A book like this demands respect and brings the necessary attention to a dangerous pursuit. But as I’ve been reading it, it dawned on me that, as dangerous as some consider the hunting of the African beasts to

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