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and in a more suitable country, elands and other 

 large antelopes, and even giraffes, zebras, and other 

 game, might be preserved and perpetuated. 



There are vast areas in the north-west of Cape 

 Colony, where immense tracts of Crown land suitable 

 for such a purpose still lie waste and unoccupied. 

 The cost of land, of enclosing, and of providing 

 rangers, would not be insurmountable, especially if 

 Mr. E,hodes could be induced to take the matter in 

 hand. 



There are plenty of other districts in British 

 Bechuanaland, the Protectorate, and even Mashona- 

 land, where land is at present comparatively 

 valueless, well suited for such a game park. 



In the Cape Colony, much has been done by 

 private owners upon a small scale to preserve the 

 springbok, koodoo, mountain zebra, bontebok (now 

 very scarce), and other game animals. Government 

 has for many years saved to the Colony, by judicious 

 preservation, the elephant and the buffalo. Surely 

 something may yet be done for the disappearing 

 fauna of the interior ! 



