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anywhere else — they all fall victims to the death-dealing- 

 bullet. 



So long as home-dwelling Germans (and other 

 h^uropeans) allow themselves to be swayed by such short- 

 sighted ideas, how can they expect better things from 

 reo"ions like East Africa, where Euroijeans have a hard 

 struofPfle for existence. 



Our game-laws are not enough in themselves even 

 at home to keep our preserves free from poachers. 

 We must always have keepers on the alert, day and 

 night. How, then, can we hope to control reckless 

 European adventurers in the heart of the African wilder- 

 ness — men who know nothing either ot sporting etiquette 

 and traditions or of animal life, and who have no local 

 responsibilities of any kind — especially in view of the 

 immense commercial value of the animals out there ? 



It I seem to be drawing a somewhat pessimistic 

 picture of what is in store ["or that fauna whose interests 

 lie so near mv heart, I must add that I welcome cor- 

 dially the steps that have been taken of late, by both 

 the Ikitish and German Governments, for staving off 

 as long as possible the impending doom. It is being 

 gradually realised that rules and regulations are of no 

 avail. The English have given a useful object-lesson 

 in the preserve which they have instituted all along their 

 railway and m the neighbourhood of the railway stations, 

 under the watch of the railway officials. This plan has 

 had the best results tor some years past. 



The wicked sportsman, of whom you read so much 

 in books and newspapers, and who is really a good deal 



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