The July number of the Journal, issued by the Society
for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire (A. L. Humphreys, 2s. 6d. net), contains a lament by " Sabi " over the official laxity, especially in Africa, that has prevailed since the War in regard to game preservation. Native hunters in the Sudan and careless or selfish Europeans elsewhere are killing off the elephants and other large animals. Mr. Abel Chapman says that the white rhinoceros, which abounded in South Africa hall a century ago, is now virtually extinct. The true quagga of South Africa, Mr. Pocock tells us in another article, was exter- minated by the Boers before 1865. The rest of the large fauna are apparently doomed, unless the authorities take prompt and drastic action. The Society does well to keep this question before the public.
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