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ing glory of a collection of East African trophies. A 

 lion is in a different category, for, as I have said 

 before, luck plays a predominant part in his undoing. 

 Apart then from lions, the only animal which I should 

 put on a par with the buffalo is an elephant. In the 

 ordinary course of events the former is the more dan- 

 gerous, though a lifetime devoted to elephant-hunt- 

 ing would leave but little lacking in the way of 

 excitement ! On a sportsman's licence one buffalo 

 is now allowed to be shot. Formerly 5 had to 

 be paid for the privilege, but they are now increasing 

 very fast. Indeed, provided that the present excel- 

 lent regulations are maintained, I see no reason why 

 there should not be as much game in East Africa in 

 the future as at the present time. The late Arthur 

 Neumann told a friend of mine on his return from his 

 last visit there that he thought the game was quite 

 as plentiful as when he first started elephant-hunting 

 round Mount Kenia ; that some species even had in- 

 creased. The game laws are good, but like all game 

 laws, good or bad, difficult to enforce. As one of the 

 Government officials said to me, " There is nothing to 

 prevent a man shooting an animal with a poor head, 

 leaving it there, and shooting another. A man should 

 consider it a point of honour not to shoot more than 

 his licence entitles him to." This is quite sound and 

 I am the last person to advocate the breaking of game 

 laws, but it is impossible to withhold one's sympathy 

 in many cases. Take for instance the following. A 

 keen sportsman not overburdened with this world's 



