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method of all, poison. Except for the actual purpose 

 of self-defence, the rifle should be unknown in a game 

 reserve. It is a matter of intense gratification to all 

 settlers that we have in the person of the chief game- 

 ranger, Mr. Woosnam, and of his second in command, 

 Mr. Percival, who is more especially responsible for the 

 Northern Game Reserve, two such eminently conscien- 

 tious and unbiassed officials. Both are first-class sports- 

 men and well-known naturalists ; men, moreover, who, 

 though " loving the big game like a brother," do so in 

 no fanatic spirit, but rather with a just and reasonable 

 appreciation of the additional interests of the human 

 population, both white and black. 



