BULLETIN NUMBER TEN 



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zation and the continual inroads made upon the game 

 territories, and the reader will begin to realize our dis- 

 couragement. 



I will now endeavor to give a short account of the pres- 

 ent status of some of our most valuable big game animals, 

 and their needs for the future. 



THE WHITE RHINOCEROS (Dicer os simus) . 



The White or Square-mouthed Rhinoceros is today only 

 found within the boundaries of South Africa proper in 

 Zululand. 



Some years ago a special reserve was founded in this 

 country for their benefit. This is known as the "Mfolozi 

 Reserve," and is situated in the triangle formed by the 

 junction of the White and Black 'Mfolozi Rivers, and ex- 

 tending westward for about twelve miles — an area of 

 about 75,000 acres. One or two are occasionally found in 

 the vicinity of the Gqokolweni Bush, as they wander 

 southward across the White 'Mfolozi River. There are 

 about thirty of these huge pachyderms left alive in the 

 territory above mentioned, where they exist today by the 

 grace of the Natal Provincial Administration. Whether 

 any will remain after the present generation is doubtful. 

 The white settlers of Zululand (and especially those of the 

 Empangeni settlements) are determined that all the noble 

 creatures in the one-time game paradise — Zululand — shall 

 be exterminated. 



The fight grows fiercer every year, and unless the re- 

 serves in South Africa are nationalized, as they are in 

 North America, we can say good-bye to many beautiful 

 forms. The Provincial Councils leave too much of these 

 matters pertaining to game to their small executive com- 

 mittees, and these may, or may not, contain men inter- 

 ested in the protection of game. 



