Excerpt from Tales of a Nomad: Or Sport and Strife
A friend when conversing with the Author made the following observations: "I am sick of experiences of sport and adventure conveyed in the form of transcript from diary - why cannot people give us the grain without the husk, and thus avoid making us the victims of tedious prolixity? You have had the experience, why don't you give us some of it in a condensed form? We don't want to know why the favourite horse went lame on the near fore - how you cured the cook when he had a fit of colic - what you did when you were cooped up for a month by the rains - your adventures on the day you went out shooting and didn't see anything to shoot at - why you didn't get your letters by the mail - why the groceries gave out - your man?uvres for a month when you were not in touch with the enemy - and the precise dates, places, and distances which are of no interest to us. We want to know just the pith of your experiences, and nothing more."
My friend's words echoed my own sentiments.
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