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EDITORIAL GLEANINGS. 
THE game prospects of the Hast Africa Protectorate are dealt 
with in the ‘ Empire Review,’ and the following digest of the same 
is taken from the ‘ Pall Mall Gazette’ (April 29th, 1912) :— 
“The number of sportsmen’s licences last year were 124, com- 
pared with 117 in the previous year; residents’ licences were 191, 
compared with 140. ‘The increase of revenue from this source was 
nearly £2000. | 
“There are two game-reserves, one lying to the south of the 
Uganda Railway, between Tsavo and Nairobi, and extending to the 
Southern Uaso Nyoro and the Anglo-German boundary; the other 
including the country to the north of the Northern Uaso Nyoro. 
“The stock of game in the Southern Reserve is very satisfactory, 
and there has been little or no disease this year. 
“An attempt will be made to acclimatise the wild water-melon 
of the Kalahar Desert in this area. It is regarded as excellent food 
for game and cattle, and, if grown successfully, will do away with 
much of the trouble experienced in obtaining food and water for the 
Masai cattle and the game during the droughts. 
«A certain number of dams will also be made in suitable places 
in the Reserve. There is a splendid stock of Ostriches in the Reserve 
at present, and if the Hyenas, which are very numerous, are killed 
off with poison, the Ostriches should increase rapidly, and stock the 
surrounding country, to the great advantage of Ostrich farmers. 
“The Athi Plains district is mainly visited by sportsmen for 
Lion-hunting. In spite of this, and the fact that the local settlers 
kill every Lion they can, these animals appear to be as numerous as 
ever, and more troublesome. With the exception of Wildebeest and 
Rhinoceros, the usual game of the plains is still abundant in the 
district. 
“On the whole, the game prospects are most satisfactory. There 
has been much less disease, and the rains which fell early in 1911 
will produce abundance of food and lead to a rapid increase in stock. 
Eland and Buffalo are showing in larger numbers all over the 
country, and Wildebeest are also becoming more numerous. Ostriches 
have increased considerably in the southern parts of the Protec- 
torate. The Rhinoceros is decreasing fast, as is inevitable with so 
slow a breeder. 
“Regarding Hlephants, the herds of cows and young appear td 
