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the Crown through ‘'Mutwa Wa. Najaka A.N/' of the 
Masai for ‘'killing zebra without a license (under section 
4/35 Game Regulations of 15th April, 1906,” and of the 
infliction of a fine of twenty rupees. The sequel appears 
in the Nairobi Municipality Pound Book under date of 
August 6, 1909. In the column headed “Description of^ 
Animal” is the entry “i zebra”; under the heading “By 
whom impounded” is the entry “Major Smith, R.E.”; 
under the heading “Remarks” is the entry “Sold by Pub¬ 
lic Auctioneers Raphael & Coy on 24/8/09.” 
We had with us several recent books on East African 
big game; Chapman’s “On Safari,” dealing alike with 
the hunting and the natural history of big game; Powell 
Cotton’s accounts of his noteworthy experiences both in 
hunting and in bold exploration; Stigand’s capital studies 
of the spoor and habits of big game (it is to be regretted 
that he was too modest to narrate some of his own really 
extraordinary adventures in the chase of dangerous beasts); 
and Buxton’s account of his two African trips. Edward 
North Buxton’s books ought to be in the hands of every 
hunter everywhere, and especially of every young hunter, 
because they teach just the right way in which to look 
at the sport. With Buxton big-game hunting is not a busi¬ 
ness but a pastime, not allowed to become a mania or in 
any way to interfere with the serious occupations of life, 
whether public or private; and yet as he has carried it on 
it is much more than a mere pastime, it is a craft, a pur¬ 
suit of value in exercising and developing hardihood of 
body and the virile courage and resolution which necessarily 
lie at the base of every strong and manly character. He 
has not a touch of the game butcher in him; nor has he a 
