With Flashlight and Rifle -* 



coast, and thence home to Germany, with a large number 

 of such trophies. People began to talk, quite erroneously, 

 of his having helped to exterminate wild life in the regions 

 which he had visited. Schillings is a first-rate shot, he 

 is known in zoological circles as an authority upon the 

 fauna of East Africa, and the collections of specimens 

 which he has brought home have shown that he has 

 worked throughout like an expert naturalist. A man who 

 sets about, his task in such real earnest is not likely to be 

 guilty of such recklessness, or to kill more animals than 

 he really needs for his purpose. Schillings has brought 

 home some forty specimens of lions, about thirty-five 

 leopards, as well as large numbers of hyaenas, jackals, and 

 other beasts of prey. These beasts of prey would have 

 destroyed a greater number of antelopes and other wild 

 life of the region than Schillings has killed for his entire 

 collection. 



It is not to be denied that in many districts the stock 

 of wild animals is decreasing to a regrettable extent ; but 

 this is chiefly in districts which have been opened up by 

 colonists. In the vicinity of all spots where Europeans 

 have settled, wild animals inevitably become scarce, 

 because they are deprived of their haunts and retreats, 

 and find themselves in continual danger. The same 

 thing is to be observed along the regular caravan-routes, 

 especially at points where great numbers of antelopes 

 have been shot and used as barter for vegetables. 



This kind of thing has now been put a stop to. A 

 law for the protection of game has come into existence, 

 and large regions have been marked off in which wild 



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