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a motor car was fined two hundred pounds. (T. Barbour, in litt., 

 December 28, 1936.) 



"It has been preserved entirely as a result of the foresight of the 

 Van der Byl family, who have for generations preserved it on their 



FIG. 60. Bontebok (Damaliscus dorcas) . After Brehm and Lydekker. 



properties often at great risk from unscrupulous poachers" (Rob- 

 erts, 1937, p. 776) . 



The Bontebok National Park is "an area of approximately 850 

 morgen." "In it are especially preserved a herd of 69 Bontebuck, 

 the only surviving members of this species, except a few others on 

 another farm in that vicinity." (Unspoilt Africa, Union National 

 Parks, p. 7, 1938.) 



The Bontebok is accorded protection as a Class B species under 

 the London Convention of 1933. 



