Show I 1 I 1 THE ELEPHANTS FATE ATE taia i it IS ie similar to that which biaas x z overtaken tho the buffalo tile great croat african rachy pachyderm dorm now but ft grass rod mod tho the irac dares treat that H nuro 10 abrown ellra will soon know ifton 1 tf mo morti tl work of athe aiho As beginning of this century ay the SL 81 james galatia Qa zotto tho the elephant was found plentifully upon the cr estora confines anil and U a the southern forest belt bell of tho the cops cope colony As lately OB icon ivory hunter a pursued their bilang lit la it llo 0 J so ail bu I 1 ll 11 I 1 ii t of the eastern province anil still mill later lit in Kaff but tho the capo cape government foro form seeing the iho probability of tho the mighty beast a extinction a few years proclaimed measures of protection and it la is a curious foci act that thai thoro there exist nt at tho the present moment within the iho southeastern limit s ft if baere C ipp col cal ODY within sight of the indian more wild elephants than aro are to be found for probably clifteen hundred miles inland la in addo busho not far from part fort elizabeth in tile tho anys nit mud I 1 na fore ia H and ar tile buncia juncia slopes of tied tho mountains troops of elephants yot winder free rind undisturbed as also does the flocco and gloomy filo buffalo land and that king kieff of clate lopos tho the boodoo beyond the ker in Kif frana itself where fo storing protect iro ira laws jaws have not ettora extended ded the elephant Is eastward through natal once abounding in but now HOT devoid of elephants elephant wo we reach la in that territory torri tory between tween iskand 15 1975 S immerso numbers of ha pachyderm oro bunted and do dc baldwin drummond Dru inmond and other v ell knol a Dim relin rodt cords babides at a numerous numo roua obscure but quite as deadly dutch duich and colonial professional hura birs intra practically wrought extinction in the zulu country north of the zulus in Anin tonga lando land the same state male of things thin exists with the that teab some numbers of olo old fellow hant drive by abo be Incur Incura tivo ivo rold gold diggers oil ind prospectors of swaziland from their ancient secluded occluded haunts in that territory learn reLent recently ly trekked south tho the Ania tonga border hero here their lion must munt soon follow itis it Is probable pro bablo that abo the country most bounding abounding in tho the race remnant of elephants elephant now DOW south of tho the is the lying cast east an and d northeast t of 0 be transvaal border norbe an much u 0 ol 01 it known own its as laland jerothe aero tho prevalence of deadly fever in the abo hot months month and tho the tso tao ho fly leave bavo alono alone pleated datch hunters from completing their work of destruction but even hero the abo supply of elephant lifo life is dover DOT parao i and limited and can not net long bold out 1 ilia ho orange free arco state stale from the iho tre clenn open nature of its in terrain although formerly c crowded with other game mas as never it a haunt haum C of felech elephants a ills but not so with the iho transvaal hero acro la in aw captain corn wal is harris one of the iho first to explore the iho beautiful but unknown wilds wilda then hold held by be fierce and his Mal Malab abeles cles found elephants la in astounding plenty in ono lauoy alloo he saw in peaceful ful seclusion hundreds of the abo gray cray beasts but close on tho heels beels of f harra harm followed tho the 33 boer met a 0 who le bavine e ving attacked ata slid and driven out mos 0 m c turned their attention to the iho ex extraordinary aill of ivory within their that now a found borders their labors hao been but too successful and aad there now remains to tho the vast territories of tho the african republic probably pro bobly not ono solitary wild elephant all here hat vanished korthof forch of thu the 11 lie matabele slid and tho the country now dow ruled by Lode son ol 01 tho dreaded so reu reunify nily as between wl and 1975 1575 these lands beio too ten anted by vast numbers of but as mr F r C selous scions tho the well known hunter t tells us it ilu as now difficult in a curs cars hunting g to como come across a single in co theao h ese countries mr SO scions tons himself tile elephant hunter of these or any other times who has devoted the iho greatest 1 martof part of tho the last seventeen yeras s to tho norco toll toil and countless dangers of ivory hunting and the lb nu dutch and other huntera who lisp 0 ravaged tho the country hn ano 0 much to lie nub t or for to 10 thI this matter smatter but aft afier r ail they hato bare been but monts ments of supply to A pitiless and dover cover cal I 1 demand turning westward to land tho the same story has to bo be told in gordon cummings time lafi to ISM now dow ruled by khama was mas avoldt virgin to ibe hunter jordon gumming cumming himself was ono of the iho bret to exploit it il and by him Os voll and vordon vardon and afterward by liala lit mn ut nod and others great execution was wrought among tho the elephants even cledar as fair to tho the west oft as laho noail brofe hunters have anve since binco jordon cummings day completed absolutely the work of ex x daltou in ia these lands in ono one year bilone actor the iho discovery of lake laho tolls us that nine fine hundred do ate P b acro 0 slain in tho region of the iho grant L lake a k 0 I 1 what V h i t c it bl c of cf f gourmet life ol at though backed by countless 5 3 cars car of untim freedom and repose could stand land the iho barbarous ravage of so abort lighted a policy I 1 north orah land iu ha eluding its borders border bull the ma babo babe I 1 beldt once onca a grant hunting hu otini ground ond and tho the lako lake Ar Garrel regions are now dow oil all but completely bellu denuded tied of ivory passing yet further to the westward across tho the kalahari Kil Kal nhan ahari which now dearth of at belliti anoland wo ire reach the countries of the iho NJ aquas unit Damo rices hero tile the seel aino 0 mis ablo history has to bo S inca tho the time of the explorer chai bar jere Au andersson dernson 11 raaul IF laio I 1 ahon hen elephants alnee oro found in abundance in southa cat africa succeeding beara 3 cars have seen ilia droles dional haut e rs without or cessation th their cir work of slaughter end emy elo CIO plants may now bo be found no further south thin than lice hoo a tile declare boated of ill tho B it to mau man has alone them trade of youth south with vo 00 of elephant life decoyed decayed in ili liko like ruthi ratio in the iho value of ivory citon i leaned cd through CAPO colony WAS EGO 1 in hi awit was 2150 in 1973 aw worth of 1 l ivory wasse was sported from natoli natal in but borth bai beyond and these austral african rex alons glons hero ivory la Is now djivas as scarce as it use but a fow 3 ears cars since superabundant the iho progress of extirpation goes oo on apace portuguese and arab hunters hunter have for donars been hard bard at work oud and each precious supply wax a mallar mall urr Pr la in the regions in kaslaf east anza rim tend about ond and tho the m oilier I 1 ller great central takes elephants clop hants arc no doubt till stilt very abunde cato but each month klocs and hunters penetrate moro more deeply into the dat anik it continent Conlin probably the iho niger ter unit ond the iho little known interior of ATan tern africa will wall bold out longest of nil it Is remembered ital abut pounds of ivory aro are yearly imported into england for which supply it lias bus been corn com placed aba hinl elephants dro are annually sl blain when uis the that t for the annual anouna supply of the ibe world loodie must early scarly buffer death no dobano an person can resist tho the conclusion that tho tho days of the ibo african elephant are arc no now w but as grass cress and that lug place will soon know go adv ak aek koo koa ft bioni out tile calen do lar whim a ship LA fros ros slug Blu ilo pacific ocean those bo be r this fact atu ILI be ili rho following f filin am lh ill journal of a traveler on 00 bi wa way y from I 1 tem chr china n to san sam we ivo rau rate a north easterly course at erot going as 83 high US as forty bovert degrees bight minutes north in ia which iAti tudo wo we crossed tile one hundred oad and degree at longitudes longi tuder on july and consequently luil hall to IAO fr fart daas anti eight dale da iu in tho rho neck this fairly puzzled ono of our party parly vi win b came mind asking whether today to day was yesterday or tomorrow and aad declaring that he bo bad laidly gono gone to bod bell oa am friday night unit und 3 tl it had got cot up ngam again on friday morn morning ingi for my oven rare part I 1 must eay aney that it 11 looks look yet very I 1 strange bi t sea koo to ID my di viory diry ry friday 9 july no aio I 1 1 do i do no ko a 1 ir I 1 |