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the Crown through "Mutwa Wa. Najaka A.N." of the 

 Masai for "killing zebra without a license (under section 

 4/35 Game Regulations of i5th April, 1906," and of the 

 infliction of a fine of twenty rupees. The sequel appears 

 in the Nairobi Municipality Pound Book under date of 

 August 6, 1909. In the column headed "Description of 

 Animal" is the entry "i zebra"; under the heading "By 

 whom impounded" is the entry "Major Smith, R.E."; 

 under the heading "Remarks" is the entry "Sold by Pub- 

 lic Auctioneers Raphael & Coy on 24/8/09." 



We had with us several recent books on East African 

 big game; Chapman's "On Safari," dealing alike with 

 the hunting and the natural history of big game; Powell 

 Cotton's accounts of his noteworthy experiences both in 

 hunting and in bold exploration; Stigand's capital studies 

 of the spoor and habits of big game (it is to be regretted 

 that he was too modest to narrate some of his own really 

 extraordinary adventures in the chase of dangerous beasts); 

 and Buxton's account of his two African trips. Edward 

 North Buxton's books ought to be in the hands of every 

 hunter everywhere, and especially of every young hunter, 

 because they teach just the right way in which to look 

 at the sport. With Buxton big-game hunting is not a busi- 

 ness but a pastime, not allowed to become a mania or in 

 any way to interfere with the serious occupations of life, 

 whether public or private; and yet as he has carried it on 

 it is much more than a mere pastime, it is a craft, a pur- 

 suit of value in exercising and developing hardihood of 

 body and the virile courage and resolution which necessarily 

 lie at the base of every strong and manly character. He 

 has not a touch of the game butcher in him; nor has he a 



