34 THE SOCIETY FOE THE PEESEEVATION OF 



both Singwitsi and Letaba. As we have no funds to provide for 

 a fresh ranger, I shall send up a trustworthy man from here, 

 and I fancy that the mere fact of a man being there will keep 

 Boers off. 



' I would, however, emphasise the fact that game laws and 

 Ordinances of all kinds are so much waste paper to the Boer 

 hunters, once out of sight of a policeman ; they have no sporting 

 instincts and no sense of honour as a rule, and know well how 

 hard it is to secure a conviction against them for what they do far 

 away from civilisation. This year it has been, and still more 

 next year will be, the fashion to go on a shooting trip with wives 

 and families into Portuguese territory, and when near the border 

 they camp in the Transvaal, and shoot indiscriminately on both 

 sides, declaring to anyone who comes along that they are con- 

 fining themselves to the other side of the line. 



' I have no fears for the general safety of the game next year ; 

 but I think it would be a good thing, and would considerably 

 lessen the arduous work of a ranger in that large district, if some 

 arrangement could be made with the Portuguese Government 

 towards discouraging this annual trekking. I shall, of course, 

 make them keep to certain roads as far as possible when passing 

 through. 



(Signed) 'J. Stevenson-Hamilton, 



' Warden, Government Game Reserves. 

 ' Sabi Bridge : October 13, 1903.' 



GOVEENMENT GAME BESEEVES— ANNUAL BEPOET, 



1903-1904. 



' Sabi Game Beserve. — Barberton. 



' Game. 



' Game in this Beserve has made a very considerable increase 

 during the last year. I should estimate the not increase of all 

 four-footed game, since the inception of the Beserve two years ago, 

 at one-third. 



' Four-footed. 

 ' The aggregate of the larger varieties is especially satisfactory. 

 Pour-footed game, as regards numbers, exist in the following 

 order : 



1. Impala. 

 3. Steinbuck. 

 5. Warthog. 

 7. Bushpig. 

 9. Klipspringer. 

 11. Wildebeeste. 

 13. Kudu. 

 15. Sassaby. 

 17. Hippopotamus. 

 19. Boan antelope. 



2. 



Duiker. 



4. 



Beedbuok, 



G. 



Bushbuck. 



8. 



Booi rhobuck. 



10. 



Waterbuck. 



12. 



Zebra. 



14. 



Sable antelope 



16. 



Buffalo. 



18. 



Giraffe. 



20. 



Bhinoceros. 



