-> To Kilimanjaro with Prince Lowenstein 



a Greek dealer) that the skins could not be prepared for 

 zoological purposes. 



The Governor, Count Gotzen, has now, it is very 

 gratifying to state, started a preserve for elephants within 

 the confines of the station, in response to representations 

 made to him by Captain Merker and myself ; so it is 

 to be hoped that, instead of being decimated as they 



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have been of late, they will find a haven ot refuge in 

 this district. This is all the more satisfactory in that 

 it is only near the station that regular elephant-hunts 

 are practicable. Out in the velt there is, of course, no 

 means of controlling the shooting of big game. It is 

 well that the station officials should set a good example. 

 Stringent rules regarding big-game shooting are in force 

 in British Hast Africa in the neighbourhood of the Uganda 



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