The Preservation of Big Game 



except when the latter lies up near a station, as 

 they so often do, to feed on one's maiden-aunt's 

 yapping lap-dog ! That is the worst of the 

 leopard, that besides the above-mentioned cur he 

 takes it into his head to carry off one's best 

 spaniel or retriever when trotting along beside 

 one when one is absolutely unprepared. Sitting 

 on an overhanging branch of a tree or in a bush 

 beside the path, he makes one spring and the 

 gruesome deed is done. 



Carnivora must be shot in all game reserves, as 

 otherwise (a) they will kill too much game ; 

 (b) the antelopes, etc., being attracted there by the 

 quiet and the presence of other species in very 

 large quantities, so much more will the carnivora 

 be attracted on account of the scarcity of game 

 outside ; when their presence will tend to drive 

 out all these animals to be shot elsewhere, thus 

 making what ought to be a sanctuary a holy 

 terror after all. This could easily be done by 

 granting previously tickets for a limited time each 

 to sportsmen who would not overstep the mark, 

 and it would not, I think, disturb the game un- 

 duly. 



(3) The Black Man. — The chief hunting 

 tribes in East Africa are the Wakamba, Wan- 

 yamwezi, who show ancient traces of cannibalism 

 in their teeth, which they still file to a sharp 

 point, and the Wandorrobo. The latter are 

 from time immemorial professional hunters, and 



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