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and persuaded the colonial govern- 
ment to enlarge the reserve. 
Ionides left the Selous Game Re- 
serve in 1954 to become a collector 
of rare animals, but Nicholson was 
there to carry on the tradition. In the 
early 1970s, however, the Tanzania 
Game Department was “African- 
ized,” and many of the former colonial 
officials who had stayed on out of 
a dedication to wildlife were replaced 
with African civil servants who had 
little interest in the reserve. Funding 
and official support dwindled, and 
Nicholson found it impossible to main- 
tain antipoaching patrols or to ward 
off economic and agricultural devel- 
opment programs that he felt threat- 
ened the sanctuary. One, for example, 
was a huge dam that is still under 
construction by the Norwegians in the 
eastern part of the Selous. Although 
the reservoir itself, planned fcr com- 
pletion in about 1990, will do little 
harm, it is expected to create a whole 
fishing industry that will encourage 
new settlements. A new road linking 
the dam with distant towns is likely 
to “open up” the region to unprec- 
edented agricultural development. 
The colorful stories of Frederick 
Courtenay Selous, C.J.P. Ionides, and 
Brian Nicholson emerge in Sand Riv- 
ers as recollections and flashbacks il- 
luminating the book’s main narrative, 
the foot safari. In a way the safari 
was a publicity stunt dreamed up by 
Tom Arnold, a British M.P. who had 
recently become enchanted with Af- 
rica and who felt an international ef- 
fort was needed to protect the Selous. 
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poachers and rapacious development. 
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a very strong case that the Selous 
Game Reserve is truly in grave dan- 
ger. Aside from the dam, most of the 
evidence is circumstantial or intuitive. 
Many times, for example, Nichol- 
son visits a part of the Selous where 
he had once seen great herds of ele- 
phant or buffalo and, this time, sees 
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