IN SEARCH OF BIG GAME. 
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The big ^aine of thu Malay States is undoubtedly dis- 
appearing undtr the opening np of th(^ country. This is 
inevitable and cannot of course be met by any regulations; 
with the destruction of the primeval forest the game must go. 
But in Pahang there is still much ^ame, and still time to .jike 
steps to preserve it if it is serii>usly desired, an object which I 
am sure all good sportsmen will hope is seriously contemplated. 
First of all the Big Game Enactment should be introduced, 
and no free permits issued under any conditions at all, with 
the one exception of a ro^ut; elephant which is a danger to 
human life. The export of elephants' tusks, seladang horns, 
and rhinoceroses* horns, except as genuine trophies whose 
history should be quite clearly defined, should be prohibited, 
A heavy penalty should be the price of evading this law. 
Game preserves should be located, preserves which should 
be looked upon as permanent ones for the purpose of preserv- 
ing the fauna of the Malay States. 
The revenue received from game licenses should be uti- 
lised as far as possible to provide rangers to look after these 
preserves, and the appointment of a Gamt' Warden to look 
after the interests of the big game in the Malay States would 
no doubt be of great assistance towards their elBcicnt 
protection. 
I also think that an Advisory Board of big game hunters 
and others would be of assistance to the Government in 
drawing up the regulations for the protection and the preser- 
vation of the big game of the Protected Malay States. 
Kki.lv & WAt,SK, LmrrKD, Printers. Sinoapork, 
