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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 136 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport of abandoning See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

house-See also:

LIFE

life, and living in tents, touring in vans, boats, &c., has been elaborately See also:

DEVELOPED

developed in See also:

MODERN

modern times, and a considerable literature has been devoted to it, to which the curious may be referred. See, for See also:

EUROPE

Europe, A. A. See also:

MACDONELL, JAMES (1841-1879)

Macdonell's Camping-out (1892) and Voyages on See also:

German See also:

Rivers (189o) ; G. R. See also:

Lowndes, Gipsy Tents (189o). For See also:

AUSTRALIA

Australia and See also:

Africa, W. B. See also:

Lord, Shifts and Expedients of See also:

CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

Camp Life (1871); the articles by F. J. See also:

Jackson in the Big See also:

GAME

Game See also:

SHOOTING

Shooting See also:

VOLUME

volume of the " See also:

BADMINTON, or GREAT BADMINTON

Badminton Library "; the articles on " Camping out " in The See also:

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Encyclopaedia of Sport; F.

C. See also:

SELOUS, FREDERICK COURTNEY (1851- )

Selous, A See also:

Hunter's Wanderings in Africa (1881), and Travel and See also:

ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

Adventure in See also:

South Africa (1893); A. W. Chanler, Through See also:

JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

Jungle and See also:

DESERT

Desert (1896) ; A. B. Rathbone, Camping and Tramping in Malaya (1898). For See also:

AMERICA

America, G. O. See also:

SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)

Shields, Camping and Camp Outfits (189o) ; W. W. Pascoe, See also:

CANOE (from Carib. candoa, the West Indian name found in use by Columbus; the Fr. canot, boat, and Ger. Kahn, are derived from the Lat. canna, reed, vessel)

Canoe and Camp See also:

COOKERY (Lat. coquus, a cook)

Cookery (1893); Woodcraft, by " Nessmuk" (1895); W. S.

Rainsford, Camping and See also:

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

Hunting in the Shoshone (18 6) ; S. E. See also:

White, The See also:

FOREST

Forest (1903), and The Mountains (1904; Suggestions as to Outfit for Tramping and Camping (1904), published by " The Appalachian See also:

Mountain See also:

CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club," See also:

Boston. Valuable See also:

INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information will be found in the sporting See also:

PERIODICALS

periodicals, and in the catalogues of outfitters and dealers in sporting goods.

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