STALKING IN THE NYIKA 



never saw a rhinoceros. To be sure, around and on that 

 mountain range the reckless hunting indulged in both 

 by government officials and by the Askari, the native 

 soldiers in the pay of the government, had been carried 

 on for years previous to the professor's visit. The first 

 commandant of Moschi, Mr. von Eltz, killed not less 

 than sixty two-horned pachyderms. 



The final extermination of these powerful animals is 

 only a question of time. May that time be far off. 



