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unless he believed his prey to be unusual, had killed 
seventy-five aoul or Soemmerring’s gazelle before he 
got the record. Another class of sportsmen is made 
up of men who seem to think that the end to be at- 
tained is to kill all the law will allow them. I have 
seen a great many of this type. Having paid for a 
license which allows them to kill a given number of 
animals of each species, they are never content until 
they have killed the full number regardless of their 
needs, the size of the horns, or anything else. In 
the same class with the man who kills to his limit is 
the man who has made careful preparation for a hunt 
in Africa and who goes there determined to kill every 
available species within three months. One I know 
told his agents that he would pay them for the full 
time if they would so arrange it that he could get his 
game in three weeks. His idea is to kill and get out 
of Africa. He has none of that appreciation of 
Africa’s charm and of that real interest in its animals 
which create in the true sportsman the desire to re- 
main as long as possible. 
There are many professional hunters in British 
East Africa, but perhaps R. J. Cuninghame is the 
most notable of the type. I met him first in 1906. I 
wanted elephants, and everyone at Nairobi agreed 
that he was the best elephant hunter. So I went to 
him and asked him to teach me to hunt elephants. 
We had some trouble in arranging the terms because 
he did not want any remuneration for helping an ex- 
pedition bent on scientific collection. I couldn’t ac- 
cept his time gratis but have always appreciated 
