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A Few Words about Herr C. G. Schillings' 

 Collection of East African Mammals 



PROFESSOR PAUL MATSC1 1 1 1- 



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M()N(i those who have lived or who are now living, 

 i. \ 111 the (jeniian I'.ast African colony, there are 

 ;i L^'ood many \\'ho are convinced that tin: gradual thinning 

 ol the wild lite out there is the outcome principally ot 

 the expeditions ot sportsmen and ot collectors ot natural- 



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history specimens. 1 hey have heard ot the immense 

 (|iiantities ot antelope, hides and horns which travellers 

 ol this class have amassed, and in all ^ood taith the\ 

 Ldve expression to their astonishment that such people 

 should lie tolerated. 



Thus it has lieen with C. ( i. Schillings, because he 

 has ventured to make his wax trom the interior to th<r 



