ANIMAL SANCTUARIES 117 



it is by no means an uncommon experience for 

 travellers who may be journeying on the Uganda 

 Railway to be able to observe various animals 

 feeding and roaming about in the vicinity of 

 the line, and quite indifferent to the passage of 

 the train or the steaming and puiHng of the 

 engine. 



Amongst the animals which dwell amidst the 

 various' sanctuaries in the African continent are 

 to be numbered the hippopotamus, the rhinoceros, 

 the eland, various species of zebras, the greater 

 and lesser koodoo, the hartebeeste, the brindled 

 and white-tailed gnus or wildebeestes, the elephant, 

 the dainty little kHpspringer antelope, the buffalo, 

 the roan and the sable antelopes, the blessbok, 

 and many others. 



So far our remarks have been devoted principally 

 to the preservation of mammals, but it must not 

 be imagined that the avian population of the 

 universe is not receiving a full share of attention 

 from the hands of those who endeavour to protect 

 wild life from extermination, for many laws have 

 been passed on their behalf, and numerous areas 

 of territory set apart for their use as feeding grounds 

 and sanctuaries. Much credit is due to the Govern- 

 ment of the United States for their work on behalf 

 of bird life, and it is pleasing to note that Mr. 

 Hornaday, in a lecture delivered at Yale Univer- 

 sity, stated : — ' To-day the ports of the United 

 States and its colonial possessions are absolutely 

 closed to the plumage of wild birds,' with the result 

 that, ' in Berlin, the price of aigrettes have faUen 



