-»i Giraffes 



In South Africa oirdties liave been for long years a 

 thing of the past. Thev fell too easy a prey when 

 followed on horseback, and their skin was sought after 

 for the manufacture ot the long whips used by the 

 Boers in driving their oxen. It is a regrettable tact 

 that o\' late years a large number of girafte-skins cut up 

 into thongs have been exported to South Africa from 



GIRAFFES TAKING TO FLIGHT AMONG FLUTE-ACACIA TREES 



German East Africa. The newspaper which comes out 

 in Tanga remarked some while ago on the market price 

 of this rare article j^er /'rasi/a (35 lb.) ! It was possible 

 to brinof the skins safelv in this wav to the coast for 

 exportation in bundles weighing about 60 lb. Now that 

 the Protection of Game Conference has decided that 

 the girafte is to be preserved, it is to be hoped that a 

 check will be put upon this kind of trade, in view of 



