SHOOTING PROM A CAR.
That overused cliché of the Juggernaut car has acquired a new application to the motor car. Lorries and touring ears, -both, are now being used as exterminators. We see in England in a small and paltry form what is becoming a first-class abuse in East Africa. Poaching by motor car is now a recog- nized profession. Rabbits and hares are killed by the help of the searchlights at night, and pheasants in the daytime. In Tanganyika and Kenya, " lions, buffalo, rhino, cheetah, and probably a leopard or two and about 18 other species of game " are regularly hunted by car. The sportsmen in some cases shoot from the car itself—a .new form of stalking horse—but, as a rule, use it for the approach only. Anyone who can, shoot tolerably straight--and with the modern rifle and sights this is easy enough—can get a good bag (horrible phrase !) without either trouble, danger, or much skill in hunting lore. The effect on the head of big game in the world's greatest reserve is likely to be serious. The best remedy is certainly that suggested by Mr.. Anderson in a forcible letter to the Times. Lorries and ears should not be allowed to pass a definite boundary_ outside the reserves., * 4, #
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