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I Point out that the existence of the game attracts settlers, and 

 <"so wealthy visitors and capital ? 



The Colonial Secbetaby : Yes, very. T have been there, and 

 oney recognise that point very much ; in British Columbia they 

 <ire becoming a great source of attraction. 



_ Sir Heney Seton-Kabb : I should like to endorse that with 

 egard to Wyoming : the fact that the national Eeserve which has 

 oeen recently extended, mainly by the instrumentality of President 

 Roosevelt, exists, and the strict regulations under which the game 

 JS preserved have added to the attractions of the country round 

 c ne Eeserve. The game overflows, and it is the best part of the 

 continent to go to now, and well worth while going for the sake of 

 cl| o sporting. If it had not been for that, the country would have 

 J°st that which I venture to think is of direct additional value 

 J «creasing the value of the territory. 



Sir Habby Johnston : Perhaps I might say a word about this 

 '^igota Game Eeserve, as I was responsible for its coming into 

 existence. It was really only a measure taken, with the assent of 

 one foreign Office, as a sudden precaution, because a very large 

 porting expedition was going there with anumber of armed Somalis ; 

 ' r «l it was said (I do not know with what amount of truth) by my 

 Predecessor that in a previous expedition a great deal of destruc- 

 °n had been inflicted. Therefore I hurriedly pronounced all 

 uat region to be a Game Eeserve merely to gain time. But 



1 certainly do not agree with its extensive area. I think it is 

 ffiito unmanageable. Since then I have been in a portion of that 

 ^untry, a little more than three years ago, and it was obvious to 



l( ' that that game fluctuated a good deal, according, as Mr 

 3 uxton says, to the season, the amount of herbage, the water and 

 »o on. 



Af - Wit r T ^ wd - t0 fixin S these Gamo Reserves in future in East 

 ' '"en, I do not think very extensive areas are necessary. They 

 '«ht to be fairly compact, and I should say as much as possible 

 « OUnd the slopes of great mountains, because the migrations of 

 same m those regions seem to mo to consist very much of going 

 'P or coming down, according to the season of the year. I have 

 seen big game myself at extraordinary altitudes— for instance 



2 Kilimanjaro at altitudes of about 14,000 ft. during the dry 

 ( J ! ^on, when the plains were parched. I should think when the 



o'onial Office puts method into all this it might certainly give 



Ration to the plains surrounding Mount Kenia, which are not 



ei y well looked after by intending settlers, and which would bo 



ery much adapted to the establishment of Game Eeserves, the 



■ ore so as in the dense forest on the slopes of Mount Kenia there 



re some of the most remarkable animals existing in South Africa 



eluding the Giant Pig, which was discovered first in the Congo 



ree State, and re-discovered by Mr. Hobday on the slopes of 



J,J ount Kenia. 



As regards West Africa, in the coast regions the country is so 

 ensely forested— I speak after some considerable personal 



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