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BRITISH GAME PRESERVES IN AFRICA AND A USTRALIA 3G7
African Game Preserves
British East Africa:
1.* The Athi Plains Preserve.—This is situated between the Uganda
RailwayandtheboundaryofGermanEastAfrica. Itsnorthernbound- aryisonemilenorthoftherailwaytrack. Itisabout215mileslongeast and west by 105 miles from north to south, and its area is about 13,000 squaremiles. Itistrulyagreatpreserve,andworthyoftheplainsfauna that it is specially intended to perpetuate.
2. The Jubaland Preserve.—This preserve lies northwest of Mount Kenia. Its southwestern corner is near Lake Baringo, the Laikipia Escarpment is its western boundary up to Mt. Nyiro, and from that point its northern boundary runs 225 miles to Marsabit Lake. From that point the boundary runs south-by-west to the Guaso Nyiro River, which formstheeasternhalfofthesouthernboundary. Itstotalareaappears to be about 13,000 square miles.
In addition to the two great preserves described above the government of British East Africa has established on the Uasin Gishu Plateau a cen- trally located sanctuary for elands, roan antelopes and hippopotamii. There is also a small special rhinoceros preserve about fifty miles south- eastward of Nairobi, around Kiu station, on the railway.
Egyptian Sudan:
3. Agreatnamelesssanctuaryforwildlifeexistsontheeasternbank
of the Nile, comprising the whole territory between the main stream, theBlueNileandAbyssinia. Itslength(northandsouth)is215miles, and its width is about 125 miles; which means a total area of about 26,875 square miles. Natives and others hving within this sanctuary may hunt therein—if they can procure licenses.
Somaliland:
4. Hargeis Reserve, about 1,800 square miles. 5. Mirso Reserve, about 300 square miles.
Uganda:
6. Budonga Forest Reserve.—This small reserve cml)races the whole
eastern shore and hinterland of Lake Albert Nyanza. and is shaped like a new moon.
7. Toro Reserve.—This small reserve lies between Lakes Albert Nyanza and Albert Edward Nyanza, touching both.
Nyasaland, or the British Central Africa Protectorate.— small territory, but remarkably well stocked with game.
8. Elephant Marsh Preserve.—A small area in the extreme southern end of the Protectorate, on both sides of the Shire River, chiefly for buffalo. 9. Angoniland Reserve.—This was created especially to preserve about one thousand elephants. It is forty miles west of the south-
western arm of Lake Nyasa.
These numbers refer to corresponding iiunil)ers on tlu- map of Africa.