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  TEE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  EDITORIAL 
  GLEANINGS. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  extract 
  is 
  from 
  our 
  weekly 
  contemporary. 
  ' 
  The 
  African 
  

   World 
  ' 
  :— 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  appears 
  from 
  the 
  last 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  Uganda 
  Protectorate 
  that 
  

   the 
  game 
  regulations, 
  which 
  have 
  now 
  been 
  in 
  force 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  

   years, 
  have 
  worked 
  well, 
  and 
  no 
  instance 
  has 
  been 
  brought 
  to 
  notice 
  

   during 
  the 
  year 
  of 
  any 
  breach 
  of 
  the 
  rules 
  by 
  sportsmen. 
  In 
  the 
  tracts 
  

   immediately 
  under 
  control 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  regulations 
  have 
  been 
  

   fairly 
  well 
  kept 
  by 
  the 
  natives, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  distant 
  parts 
  this 
  has 
  

   not 
  always 
  been 
  the 
  case. 
  The 
  most 
  direct 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  regulations 
  

   has 
  been 
  to 
  afford 
  partial 
  immunity 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  herds 
  of 
  Elephants 
  in 
  

   the 
  Western 
  Province, 
  which 
  are 
  now 
  consequently 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  on 
  the 
  

   increase. 
  These 
  herds 
  roam 
  at 
  different 
  seasons 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  along 
  the 
  

   western 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Albert, 
  between 
  Unyoro, 
  Toro, 
  and 
  Ankol, 
  and 
  

   these 
  districts, 
  with 
  the 
  Nile 
  Province, 
  afford 
  perhaps 
  the 
  best 
  field 
  in 
  

   this 
  part 
  of 
  Africa 
  to 
  the 
  sportsman 
  anxious 
  to 
  secure 
  a 
  large 
  pair 
  of 
  

   tusks. 
  But, 
  whilst 
  preserving 
  the 
  Elephant, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  also 
  to 
  

   think 
  of 
  the 
  people. 
  Latterly, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  practical 
  result 
  of 
  protection, 
  

   many 
  complaints 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  of 
  damage 
  done 
  to 
  shambas 
  and 
  

   cultivation 
  by 
  Elephants, 
  plantations 
  being 
  destroyed, 
  and, 
  in 
  several 
  

   instances, 
  habitations 
  and 
  villages 
  being 
  deserted. 
  The 
  matter 
  has 
  

   been 
  taken 
  up, 
  and 
  temporary 
  arrangements 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  

   allowing, 
  under 
  certain 
  well-defined 
  conditions, 
  Elephants 
  actually 
  

   found 
  doing 
  damage 
  to 
  plantations 
  being 
  killed, 
  whereby 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  

   cultivation 
  will 
  be 
  preserved 
  with 
  the 
  least 
  loss 
  to 
  the 
  herds. 
  At 
  the 
  

   same 
  time, 
  a 
  few 
  licences 
  will 
  be 
  issued 
  to 
  the 
  chiefs, 
  allowing 
  them 
  

   to 
  shoot 
  two 
  Elephants 
  each 
  under 
  the 
  game 
  regulations 
  on 
  payment 
  

   of 
  the 
  prescribed 
  fee. 
  

  

  " 
  As 
  regards 
  game 
  generally, 
  it 
  finds 
  a 
  natural 
  protection 
  in 
  the 
  

   long 
  grass, 
  which 
  obscures 
  it 
  from 
  view 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   year 
  in 
  many 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  Protectorate. 
  Except 
  when 
  the 
  grass 
  is 
  

   burnt, 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  possible 
  to 
  march 
  for 
  many 
  days 
  and 
  see 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  

   game, 
  though 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood." 
  

  

  