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Should the title of this work convey no significance, 
the fact would show that there yet remains “ Something 
new from Africa.” That Arabic term “Safari” has no 
precise equivalent in our British tongue, yet is in daily 
use throughout British territories six times larger than 
the home islands. Hence I venture to introduce it to 
our common language. Its interpretation will presently 
become clear to those who read this book. 
British East Africa forms no inconsiderable asset of 
the Empire. It has involved the investment of several 
millions of our national funds, and it possesses a future 
that should be described as potential rather than assured 
— none the worse for that. At the moment, this Colony 
of yesterday consists chiefly of virgin hunting-grounds, 
as yet largely unknown and unexplored save by a handful 
of pioneers and big-game hunters. 
Any sound and carefully-prepared work—whatever 
its point of view—that brings this new outlet more 
clearly under the public eye, is therefore doing a service. 
Compare these respective British areas— 
Square Miles. 
Canada . . . 3,750,000 
Australia . . . 3,290,000 
British South Africa . 1,239,000 
British East Africa . 750,000 
British Islands . . 121,000 
White Population. 
6,500,000 
4,120,000 
1,130,000 
3,000 
44,000,000 
The present work treats exclusively of the Faunal 
aspects of British Equatoria, and especially of its Big 
Game. Suffice it as evidencing the wealth of the 
Colony in the latter respect, to say that the author and 
his brother in two expeditions obtained specimens of 
thirty-four different species—or, including South Africa, 
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