50 TEE ZOOLOGIST. 



a continent infested by the Tsetse Fly, and cursed with the 

 horse-sickness ; massacred and exterminated for the miserable 

 value of its hide by tlie very people it was so well fitted to benefit ! 

 The list of dying species grows apace : Blaauwbok ; true Qnagga ; 

 next tlie White Rhinoceros ; then Bontebok, Blesbok, White- 

 tailed Gnu, Mountain Zebra, Unstriped Eland, Southern Giraffe, 

 Elephant. 



Di avertite omen ! 



