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who make a good living and lay by money, who hunt 
professionally in these lands. Within British East Africa 
the herds have been much harried. Till three years ago 
many elephants were killed by so-called sportsmen, whose 
licence limited them to two bulls. There was no pro- 
hibition against trading ivory from the natives, so two of 
the largest bulls killed were taken on licence, and 
declaration was untruthfully made that all the rest were 
traded from natives. In this way men would collect, 
often with little trouble, £1,000 worth or more of ivory, 
and so pay all sefari expenses and have a margin of 
profit left over. 
The law is now strictly enforced, and makes such a pro- 
ceeding impossible. No trading with natives is per- 
mitted, and unless the hunter is unscrupulous enough to 
smuggle illicit ivory over the German border, he must 
content himself with his two bulls. 
The natives harry the herds perpetually and on the 
long and unwatched frontiers of the Protectorate, ivory 
running is easy. Unscrupulous Somali and Swahili come 
round from time to time. The natives bury the ivory they 
kill and wait for the coming of the trader. 
I am convinced that the present policy of the Protec- 
torate authorities is a great mistake. If they would but 
authorize certain men of well-known gocd character, men 
who should pay a heavy licence fee, binding them to 
handle no small tusks or cow ivory, to trade with the 
natives for ivory, a considerable revenue would accrue 
to the government, and the elephants would be more 
really protected. 
Owing to constant pursuit, the British elephant has 
learned to take good care of himself. He is also much more 
likely to turn on his persecutors than his cousin of the Congo. 
‘Accidents from elephants are very common. The very 
thick cover he loves, such as bamboo, or the quite open 
