150 NATURE AND SPORT IN SOUTH AFRICA 



thrown on the ground. In the same awkward 

 manner do these wonderful animals drink. 



It is a thousand pities that some natural game 

 reserve or park cannot be formed in South Africa, 

 in which giraffes might wander in peace and propa- 

 gate their species. There are many suitable localities, 

 and the land is cheap enough in all conscience. I 

 am afraid, in these utilitarian days, however, such a 

 scheme is too much to hope for. In another century 

 (possibly much less) the giraffe, one of the noblest 

 and most wonderful quadrupeds ever evolved by 

 nature, will have disappeared, and the land of 

 Africa, which this stately creature has adorned for 

 many thousands of years, will know it no more. 



