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upon shooting in the more important of these 

 near Chiromo were largely removed, with the 

 result that the area was promptly invaded by 

 representatives of a type which is ever waiting 

 to take advantage of such an opportunity. These 

 doubtless worked their will upon the long-pro- 

 tected and bewildered animals, and it is sad to 

 think of what must have taken place. 



Of the several reserves established in British 

 South Africa, perhaps the most important in the 

 results it has given is that situated between the 

 Drakensberg and the Lebombo Mountains, and 

 widely known as the Sabi Reserve. The super- 

 vision of this large area is vested in a warden, 

 and he is assisted by a number of European 

 and native rangers and police. Major J. 

 Stevenson-Hamilton, the present warden, who 

 has for so many years watched unremittingly 

 over its welfare, has attained most remarkably 

 successful results by the uncompromising 

 thoroughness with which his methods have been 

 followed. Indeed it would be difficult to find 

 anywhere one possessed of and exercising such 

 methodical patience in the pursuit of efficiency. 

 I firmly believe that the warden of the Sabi 

 Reserve knows the greater part of his animals 

 by sight, and is almost on bowing terms with 

 many of them. Certainly there is not the 

 smallest detail connected with them, their 

 histories or their habits, with which he is not 

 perfectly acquainted, and the result of all this 

 untiring care and study places him, without 

 doubt, in the foremost rank of contemporary 



