p' i() Kilimanjaro with Prince Lowcnstcin 



a Greek dealer) that the skins cotild ntJt be- prepared tor 

 zooloo'ical piii'j)()ses. 



The Governor. Count Gotzen, has now, it is verv 

 gratityino- to state, started a preserve for elephants within 

 the conhnes of the station, in response to representations 

 made to him by Captain Merker and myself ; so it is 

 to be hoped that, instead of being decimated as they 



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have been of late, they will find a haven of refuge in 

 this district. This is all the more satisfactory in that 

 it is only near the station that regular elephant-hunts 

 are practicable. Out in the velt there is, of course, no 

 means of controllinL>" the shootinof ot hUj; ofame. It is 

 well that the station officials should set a good example. 

 Stringent rules regarding big-game shooting are in force 

 in l^ritish East Africa in th(^ neighbourhood of the Uganda 



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