GAME AXD lUkl) I'KOTKCTInX. 52I 



TJ>. The killing of an animal nic-ans the end nt its must inlcrcsting 

 peri'ul. When the conntry is line. i)ursnit is more interesting than |)Osses- 

 sion. 



14. Tile killing' uf a female hoDied animal. sa\'e for siieeial preser\-a- 

 tion. is regarded as incompatihle with the highest sporismanshi]) ; and 

 it slionld everywhere be prohibited by stringent laws. 



15. A particularly line photograiih of a large wild animal in its 

 haunts is entitled to more credit than the dead troi)hy of a similar animal. 

 An animal that has been photograi)hed never should be killed, unless |)re- 

 viously wotmded in the chase. 



If we substittite the word " native " for the word " Indian " 

 used above, and the name of our country, we can ap])lv these 

 admiraljle ])rinci])les to ourselves with advantaj»e. 



Let us now take a roitgh surve}- of the Game ] .aws in force 

 in South Africa. It would be out of place to refer in this paper 

 to those of the various Provinces at any great lenu^th. and it 

 must suffice if attention is drawn to the more imjjortant features. 

 In Major Steven.son i lamilton's book. " Animal Life in Africa,'" 

 the ( iame Laws of most of th.e Provinces and States will be 

 found printed /;; c.vtciiso. 



i. ape Province. — 'i he Ca])e Administration i.sstied a pam- 

 ])hler. ■' The ( iame atid Troitt Fishing Seasons, 1915." This 

 details the close seasons for the various districts, which varies 

 from the ist July, ist August, or ist Sej^tembcr to 31st March, 

 and from the i6th August to the 30th AjM-il, in the several dis- 

 tricts. An ordinary game licence costs los. 



In the Knysna Forest and the Addo Bush, elephants, btif- 

 ialo and koodoo are protected, and may not be shot withoitt a 

 special permit from the Administrator. In the Oudtshoorn and 

 Cradock districts herds of mottntain zebra still exist, and are 

 protected by a special ])ermit for capture. L'ufortunately, a 

 number of pernu'ts seem to have been issued of late vears, as I 

 know of several shi|'»ments of mottntain zebras to Furope by 

 ain'mal dealers. I note. hoAvever. with great satisfaction that no 

 })ermits will be issued dttring 191 5. In the Caledc^n and Swellen- 

 dam Division, a few herds of bontebok still linger in a semi- 

 domesticated condition, and are jM^eserved by the praiseworthy 

 efforts of the All)ert}-ns and \'an der B}ds. '\\'otild that we had 

 a few more like them I 



The hitnting of game after certain hoitrs is jM'ohibited in 

 certain districts — for instance, between 6 ]).m. and 6 a.m. in the 

 Britstown, Mossel Bay. and Uniondale districts ; from one hour 

 after sttnset and one liotir Ijefore sunrise in the ^^\')rcester, East 

 , London, and Cambridge districts, etc. This is a regulation I 

 shottld like to see in force in the Transvaal, as nearly all the 

 buck-i)oacliing in the l)ttsl-i\eld is done at night, the nomadic 

 Boers l>'ing in wait for the bttck after nightfall in tlie regitlar 

 ]Kiths or runs of the ariinials. 



i'he sale of game is ])rohibited in the .Albany, Beaufort 

 West, and Mafeking Divisions. All game is jjrotected on the 

 Government farms in the Clanwilliam Division. Royal game 

 includes elephant, eland, zebra, bttffalo, bontebok, blesbok, gems- 

 bok. hartebeest. kocjdoo, reedbuck. wildebeest, and klipspringers, 



