208 IVORY AND THE ELEPHANT 



in the part south of 10° N. lat., a careful estimate placing 

 the number at 30,000, The rainy season commonly in- 

 duces a considerable migration to the northward into Kordo- 

 fan, the Dar Homar country here being favoured, as the rest 

 of the territory is too sandy to be a suitable habitat for 

 elephants. Small herds can be found farther north than 

 10° N. lat., as on the White Nile up to 12° N. lat., whence 

 the range slants northeastward across the Blue Nile. In 

 this latter region there has been a notable increase of ele- 

 phants during the past ten years. In smaller numbers 

 they are present along the Dinder, Rahad, and Setit, and 

 some may even be found as far to the north as the Gash, 

 14° 30' N. lat.* 



To regulate elephant hunting in the Belgian Congo, a 

 decree of November 17, 1910, interdicted the killing of 

 animals bearing tusks which weigh less than 10 kilograms 

 (22 pounds) each, and of female elephants in general, more 

 especially of those accompanied by their young. Permis- 

 sion may be secured from the proper authorities to kill 

 two elephants having tusks of at least 10 kilograms' weight, 

 and by special arrangement the right to kill a greater num- 

 ber may be obtained. 



In the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, while the natives are still 

 permitted to kill elephants without any particular restric- 

 tion, provided they confine themselves to the old native 

 methods of hunting, the use of firearms for this purpose is 

 strictly regulated, the holder of what is known as an "A" 

 Game License only having the right to shoot two elephants 

 in the course of a year. The fact that the possession of 

 "cow ivory" or of bull tusks weighing less than 10 pounds 

 is illegal, and that ivory of this description is subject to 

 confiscation, operates as a practical restriction on native 

 hunting as well as on that of Europeans. The native 



*Coroinunicated by Capt. Gilbert Clayton, Sudan Agent, War Office, Cairo, Egypt, 



