THE WILD FAUNA OF THE EMPIRE. 



49 



No. 7. 



EXTRACT FROM SIR CHARLES ELIOT'S REPORTS 

 OF THE BRITISH EAST AFRICA PROTEC- 

 TORATE FOR THE YEARS 1902 AND 1908. 



GAME REGULATIONS. 



i He.se Regulations, which have now been in force 

 since 1900, are found to work fairly well. Great 

 difficulty is experienced in inducing sportsmen to 

 comply with the prescribed formalities, but the 

 ^am object of preserving from destruction the 

 ei iormous quantity and variety of game winch 

 ln habits this Protectorate has been attained. The 

 herds of zebra and various kinds of antelope to be 

 Se en on the Athi plains and in the Rift valley are 

 a Q extraordinary spectacle, and show no sign of 

 •hininishing in numbers. On a recent visit to 

 JNakuru I saw Gazella T kompsonii and Grantii in 

 Su ch abundance that the colour of the whole plain 

 Was appreciably altered by them. The buffalo and 

 e land, which were rare a few years ago in conse- 

 l^ence of the ravages of the rinderpest, have con- 

 Sl( icrably increased, and I think a strictly limited 

 lumber might be shot. I have, however, placed 

 a Qlorig the animals which cannot be shot without 

 s Pccial licence, the roan antelope, and propose to cx- 

 ° n d the same protection to the Greater Kudu, which, 

 t any rate, near Baringo has suffered from the ex- 

 cessive attentions of sportsmen. I think, however, 

 oat in the near future we shall have to rely for the 

 Preservatior 



our fauna on game reserves in which 



