FROM THE GAME FIELDS. 



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terest of game protection. Born in Ore- 

 gon, brought up in the wilderness, ex- 

 perienced as a hunter and scout, and long 

 identified with the Indian Service, I have 

 had ample opportunities to realize how 

 merciless our people have been in the 

 .slaughter of the thousands of splendid 

 game animals which inhabited the moun- 

 tains and plains of the Pacific coast. You 

 may rest assured I am doing much work 

 toward securing the observance of the for- 

 estry and game laws on the part of the 

 Indians under my charge. 



With ardent wishes for the success of 

 your important work, I remain, 



O. C. Applegate, U. S. Indian Agent. 



Colville Agency, Miles, Wash. 

 Mr. G. O. Shields, New York : 



I fully agree with you in what you say 

 with reference to the destruction of game, 

 both by Indians and whites. I wjll, in 

 every way I can, assist you and co-operate 

 with you, and will see to it that the In- 

 dians under my charge observe the laws of 

 this State. The permit system in vogue 

 among the Indians is a pernicious one, and 

 has been considerably curtailed at this 

 agency during the last few years. 



Albert M. Anderson, 

 U. S. Indian Agent. 



Jicarilla Agency, Dulce, N. M. 

 Mr. G. O. Shields, New York: 



I will gladly assist in seeing that the game 

 laws of New Mexico are enforced. I have 

 already taken up the matter with the In- 

 dians, and they fully understand the laws 

 of the Territory. A. S. Walpole, 



U. S. Indian Agent. 



GAME PROTECTION IN THE SOUDAN. 



W. T. HORNADAY. 



Englishmen are not only first class 

 sportsmen, but they are also model game 

 protectors. They go on the principle that 

 the way to protect game is to protect it ; 

 and the lavish manner in which they lay 

 down laws and prescribe stiff penalties is 

 enough to excite a degree of admiration 

 amounting to envy. 



Year before last Rhodesia began to pro- 

 tect its game. Last October the Anglo- 

 Egyptian government of the Soudan 

 adopted a set of game laws and regula- 

 tions that may well serve us as a model 

 for Alaska. The official pamphlet, "Notes 

 for Travelers and Sportsmen," tells sports- 

 men where the Soudan is located, how 

 to reach it, how to live and hunt in it, how 

 to get away from it by the shortest routes, 

 and what everything, save courage, costs 

 in hard cash. Incidentally, there is added 

 a postscript about hunting licenses and 

 the cost thereof, and a warning of the of- 

 ficial inspection of all trophies that awaits 

 the hunter on his return to civilization. 



Khartoum is now easily reached by 

 steamer and rail ; from December to 

 March the Soudan government runs com- 

 fortably fitted tourist steamers between 

 Shellal and Haifa, on the Nile; and "2 

 trains dc luxe, with dust proof sleeping 

 and dining cars, fitted with electric lights 

 and electric ventilators," run between 

 Malta and Khartoum. Think of palace 

 "cars now in Khartoum! If you wish to 

 send a money order to El Obeid, or tele- 

 graph to Goz Abu Guma, all you need, to 

 accomplish cither, is the price. As a civ- 

 il izcr and developer of wild and lawless 

 countries, England is a world beater; and 

 may her power and provinces never grow 

 less ! 



Nine species of wild animals and birds 

 may not be hunted, killed nor captured in 

 the Soudan. They are the chimpanzee, 

 eland, giraffe, rhinoceros, zebra, wild as-, 

 ground hornbill, secretary bird, boat-billed 

 heron. 



Under an "A" license, costing 25 pounds 

 sterling, 13 species of large mammals may 

 be killed or captured, 2 to 6 of each, up to 

 a possible total of 51 head. These are the 

 hartbeest, 2 species of waterbuck, 2 spe- 

 cies of cob antelope, the reedbuck, gazelle, 

 roan antelope, 2 species of oryx, the ad- 

 dax, bushbuck and kudu. In addition to 

 the above, 2 specimens each of flamingo, 

 pelican, spoonbill, crowned crane, stork, 

 heron, egret and hammerhead may be 

 killed or captured. 



Any sportsman . who desires only 5 

 pounds' worth of license is furnished with 

 one at that figure, marked "B," under 

 which he may kill 10 each of wild sheep, 

 ibex, wart hog, bustard and various ante- 

 lopes and gazelles. 



But there is a joker in the pack. Under 

 appendix "H" is a list of export taxes on 

 specimens, "living or dead, or parts of 

 specimens," which is calculated to make 

 every live animal catcher in the Soudan 

 think hard. The skins of most creatures 

 are free of export duty, but the exporters 

 of live animals will hereafter pay through 

 the nose. With all the chances of death 

 to face, these are some of the export du- 

 ties : 



On each chimpanzee, giraffe, hippo, wild 

 ass, buffalo or zebra, $125. On each ele- 

 phant or rhinoceros, $250, and on most 

 other hoofed animals worth having, $10 

 each. 



Clearly the Soudan government regards 

 its wild animals as a valuable treasury as- 

 set, and proposes to derive some benefit 

 from their withdrawal, by death or by 

 capture alive. The trophies brought out 

 by sportsmen or travelers are all carefully 

 inspected by the government officers, at 

 points of departure, and if any penalties 

 are payable, they are demanded then and 

 there. Furthermore, "sportsmen, on re- 



