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more than two unless as food for the porters. The 

 same is true of many other species, and a temperate 

 sportsman should have no desire to kill more than 

 a couple of each species, say sixty or eighty head in 

 all, unless, of course, he is making collections for 

 museums or for other scientific purposes. 



The gunbearers are usually fairly good skinners 

 and if carefully watched and directed can treat the 

 heads and skins so that they may be safely got 

 in to Nairobi. Here they should be overhauled care- 

 fully and packed in brine for shipment out of the 

 country. The agents in Nairobi should be con- 

 sulted about these details and will give competent 

 instructions covering this phase of the work. 



GAME LAWS 



These are of necessity under frequent revision, 

 but the latest available information allows the 

 holder of a fifty-pound license, which lasts for one 

 year from date of issue, to kill or capture the fol- 

 lowing : 



Buffalo (Bull), 2; *Rhinoceros, 2; *Hippopot- 

 amus, 2; *Eland, 1; Zebra (Grevey's), 2; Zebra, 

 (Common), 20; Oryx callotis, 2; Oryx beisa, 4; 

 Waterbuck (of each species), 2; Sable antelope 

 (male), 1; *Roan antelope (male), 1; *Greater 

 Kudu (male), 1; Lesser Kudu, 4; Topi, 2; Topi 

 (in Jubaland, Tanaland and Loita Plains), 8; 

 Coke's Hartebeest, 20 ; *Neumann's Hartebeest, 2 ; 



*Can not be killed in certain districts. 



