n8 Wild Life in Central Africa. 



As in Nyasaland, all carnivorous animals and other 

 small mammals can be shot, and the same applies to birds, 

 except those specially protected. 



It will be noticed that eland, zebra, and gnu can only be 

 shot under the 25 licence. 



North-Eastern Rhodesia is a vast territory, teeming with 

 game in places ; and, both there and in Nyasaland, there 

 are hundreds of square miles that have hardly been 

 traversed by white men, and the game is as numerous at 

 the present time as it was before Europeans settled in the 

 country. 



It always pays to break into new country and get away 

 from the ordinary beaten tracks that have been much 

 shot in, although even in country that has been well 

 hunted, game will often be found in abundance. 



The animals are difficult to drive out of country they 

 like, and if they should be frightened and driven away, 

 their homing instincts soon bring them back again. 



BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 



The " sportsman's " licence here costs rupees 750 

 G5)> an d it allows of a large variety of game to be shot, 

 though many of them belong to insignificant species 

 producing poor trophies. 



A resident pays rupees 150, a traveller's licence costs 

 rupees 15, and a landholder's licence is rupees 45. 



Here is a list of the Game Ordinance of 1909 and the 



game allowed : 



Head. 



Buffalo (bull) 2 



Rhinoceros 2 



Hippopotamus (with restrictions as to district) ... ... 2 



Eland ... ( ,, ,, ) I 



Zebra (Grevy's) 2 



,, (Common) ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 



Oryx (Callotis) 2 



(Beisa) 4 



Waterbuck (of each species) 2 



Sable antelope (male) ... ... ... ... ... i 



