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There is also a small territory on the In- 
yamapuzi River in Gorongoza, north of Beira, 
inhabited by these antelope, and another north 
of the Zambesi in British Nyasaland. This is 
the northern limit of their range. 
Tue Bonresok (Damaliscus pygargus). 
This pretty antelope is the southern relative 
of the Blesbok (D. albifrons) and only about 
200 are left alive today. These are strictly 
preserved by the Cape Government and by their 
owners, as they exist in a semi-domesticated 
condition. 
Herds are to be found on four farms in the 
Bredasdorp district and a few on three farms 
in the Swellendam district; and had it not been 
for the praiseworthy efforts of the original 
owners—the Van der Byls and Albertyns—this 
animal would no doubt belong to the past, in 
company with the extinct Bluebuck and Quagga. 
The Bontebok is Royal Game and may only 
be shot during the open season. The number 
is limited to 1214 per cent and is controlled 
by the issue of permits as recommended by the 
local magistrates. The license to shoot Royal 
Game costs three pounds for one season for 
persons other than landowners, domiciled in the 
Province, and twenty-five pounds for those not 
living in the Province. 
Tue Mountain Zepra (Hippotigris zebra). 
This animal was the first species of zebra to 
be made known to science, and in common with 
Grevy’s Zebra of East Africa is characterized 
by its assinine appearance, in opposition to the 
equine build of the Burchelline Zebras. 
It inhabits the mountainous country of the 
Central plateau of Cape Colony, and localized 
in four districts of the Province, viz., George 
(4 farms), 830; Oudtshoorn (3 farms), 50; 
Sutherland (1 farm), 20, and a few in the 
Cradock district, making a total of not much 
more than 400 individuals left alive in the Cape 
Colony today. 
Mountain zebras are allowed to be captured 
only under exceptional circumstances, and as 
their capture is attended by a certain amount 
of risk to both horse and rider the price has 
risen from sixty pounds to eighty pounds, ac- 
cording to the will of the seller. They have to 
be galloped down and owing to the rough nature 
of the country they inhabit, few men will un- 
dertake the job. <A different subspecies (H. 
hartmannae) inhabits the South West Protec- 
torate. 
There are several other species of antelope 
which are becoming scarce, such as the Southern 
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Eland, the Red Hartebeest, the Vaal Rhebok. 
the Grijsbok, and the Southern Oribi. 
SAVING WYOMING ANTELOPE 
N August the State Game Commission of 
ll Wyoming had under serious consideration 
the question of granting permits to kill 100 
buck antelope and 100 bull moose. Under the 
present state law they have discretionary powers 
in the matter. 
On August 25 William C. Gregg, at that time 
visiting in Wyoming, wired T. Gilbert Pearson. 
President of the National Association of Audu- 
bon Societies, of the impending slaughter of the 
antelope. Mr. Pearson at once filed a protest 
with Governor Robert D. Carey, who is the 
executive head of the State Game Commission. 
and also sent word to other organizations inter- 
ested in wild life conservation, which for years 
have had the habit of cooperating when cam- 
paigns for the well-being of wild life became 
necessary. <A telegram notifying Mr. Madison 
Grant of the situation reached him at Victoria, 
B. C., Canada. Mr. Grant at once sent the 
following message to Goyernor Carey: 
“New York Zoological Society protests 
most earnestly against the threatened 
butchery of antelope in Wyoming as dis- 
grace to civilization. Antelope is only 
representation of genus and family exclu- 
sively American and is our most valuable 
animal zoologically. It is doomed to speedy 
extermination unless carefully protected, as 
only a few hundred survive in North 
America.” 
It remains only to be added that as result 
of the protests filed by Mr. Grant, the Audubon 
Society and other interested organizations the 
Game Commission decided not to issue permits 
to kill antelope, and thus once more has been 
averted a catastrophe to this now rare western 
animal. 
GAME REPORTS FROM BRITISH 
COLUMBIA 
HE last Annual Report (for 1920) of the 
Game Conservation Board of British Colum- 
bia contains a great amount of interesting 
news from a great game country. 
The Mountain Goat is abundant, and more 
than holding its own. 
Alarm is now felt about the over-killing of 
deer, and a “buck law” is seriously discussed. 
The bag limit on Mountain Sheep has been 
reduced in northern British Columbia to two 
rams of any one species, or three in all, and 
