40 THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF 



district I came across many lion tracks, but in spite 

 of sitting up two successive nights, I could not see 

 one, much less get a shot. 



Taveta itself is alive with birds of different 

 colours, but a light gun is a necessity to get good 

 skins. 



On the whole this is a very good game district, 

 but it does want preserving better. 



I don't think it is generally known that Colobus 

 are very plentiful in the Kitowoo forest, N.W. of 

 Jipe. 



No. 5. 



AN EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM A CORRES- 

 PONDENT AT BARBERTON IN SOUTH AFRICA. 



Nearly half of this district is game reserve, and 

 public opinion will not stand any more just here, 

 and I think it is quite large enough. The white 

 men have grumbled a good deal at being shut out 

 from prospecting there. The following is the area 

 of the eastern game reserves : Boundaries, north, 

 Oliphant's river ; east, the Portuguese frontier ; 

 south, the Crocodile river ; west, the water-shed 

 from Crocodile Poort Railway station to Logics 

 kop, thence following North Sand river to junction 

 with Savie river, thence following Savie river to 

 where it touched the Sclali Railway Extension, 

 then Selali Railway Extension to Oliphant's river. 

 The penalty for killing any game within the 



