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the number exceeds one hundred and fifty would 

 necessitate covering the continent, and would take 

 years for its accomplishment, as traveling is difficult. 

 A few of the greater prizes are difficult, some very much 

 so, but most of them are comparatively easy. 



There is no danger of Africa's being "shot out." 

 The enormous garne reservations afford ample protection 

 and ample breeding-grounds. Year by year the number 

 a sportsman may kill is being reduced. Lions were this 



year transferred from "vermin" to the protected list, 

 and the number a sportsman may kill limited to four. 

 Game easily learn the danger of man and firearms, and 

 a good "bag" is a matter of growing difficulty. 





Danger 



Much discussion obtains as to which is the most dan- ^r 

 gerous animal to hunt. Left to Africanders to decide, 

 elephant would be so voted, I think. In elephant- 

 hunting, in addition to the direct charge of an infuriated 

 animal, there is danger of being trampled to death in a 

 stampede. Should one get in among a herd of cows, 

 which may not under any circumstances be shot, there 

 is danger in case of a breakaway or stampede of being 

 run down and killed without especial intent on the part 

 of the animal inflicting the injury. 



The same statement applies to buffalo, and in addition 

 the buffalo possesses a viciousness that does not obtain 

 with the elephant. Neither the buffalo nor the elephant 

 has any use for man, and primarily would escape from 

 him, whereas the lion will hunt man upon occasion, as a 

 means of livelihood, and might the sooner charge an 

 object that would serve his purpose as food. Elephants 



