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up in time, and there is at present no danger of the exter- 

 mination of the lord of all four-footed creatures. Large 

 reserves have been established on which various herds of 



elephants now 

 live what is, at 

 least for the time, 

 being, an entire- 

 ly safe life. Fur- 

 thermore, over 

 great tracts of 

 territory outside 

 the reserves reg- 

 ulations have 

 been promul- 

 gated which, if 

 enforced as they 

 are now en- 

 forced, will pre- 

 vent any exces- 

 sive diminution 

 of the herds. 

 In British East 

 Africa, for in- 

 stance, no cows 

 are allowed to 

 be shot save 

 for special pur- 

 pose s, as for 

 preservation in 

 a museum, or to 

 safeguard life 

 and property; 

 and no bulls 



with tusks weighing less than thirty pounds apiece. This 

 renders safe almost all the females and an ample supply of 

 breeding males. Too much praise cannot be given the 

 governments and the individuals who have brought about 



Falls on slope of Kenia near first elephant camp 

 From a photograph by Edmund Heller 



