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Show 1891.] <>N T » E DISTRIBUTION OF THE GIRAFFE. 445 Fig. 11. Cancellaria, exigua, p. 439. 12. Mitra miranda, p. 440. 13. Marginella carinata, p. 410. 14. brazieri, p. 440. PLATE XXXV. Fig. 15. Scalaria distincta, p. 441. 16. Odostomia (Turbonilla) fischeri, p. 441. 17. ( ) consanyuinea, p. 441. 18. ( ) constricta, p. 441. 19-195. Solarium atkinsoni, p. 441. 20. Z««//a incommoda, p. 442. 21. Cylichna ordinaria, p. 442. 22. Tellimya subacuminata, p. 442. 23. AWtf/rt dKfecfa, p. 442. 24. umbonata, p. 44.'!. 25. Pecten challengeri, p. 443. 2(>. .£?'?«« murrayi, p. 444. 27. £?'/«« australis, p. 444. 5. O n the present Distribution of the Giraffe, South of the Zambesi, and on the best means of securing living Specimens for European Collections. By II. A. B R Y D E N . [Eeceived June 15, 1891.] Large game animals arc disappearing so rapidly from Southern Africa that each year now sees the ancient limits of occurrence more and more circumscribed. Guns are now plentiful among native tribes, right away to the Zambesi, and, with the rapid advent of Europeans and European money into once remote territories, horses, on which depends the successful chase of many of the fauna, are now more readily procured. In twenty years' time it may be safely said there will be very few Giraffes left, even in the inaccessible deserts where they yet seclude themselves. With the practical disappearance of the Rhinoceros from South Africa, and the approaching extinction of the Hippopotamus, the thick-skinned Giraffe is now much niore sought after as a means of supplying the universally used sjambok or colonial whip. The hide of a good bull Giraffe is worth now from £,4 to £5 for this purpose, that of a cow a little less. Small wonder then that native and Dutch hunters alike have been extremely active of late years in hunting this interesting, beautiful, and defenceless creature. At the present day the head-quarters of the Giraffe may be said to be in the parched desert country comprising the North Kalahari. A few years since thev were to be found at no great distance from Khama's old capital, Shoshong; now they are first encountered in the bush and forest-region beyond Kanne, or Klaballa, on the way from Shoshong to Lake Ngami. This waterless tract, well called thirst-land, serves them as a safe retreat. From Kanne to the Botletli River, and thence halfway to the lake, Khama reserves PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1891, No. XXX. 30 |