bly,
for, while practically no harm is done by these residents,
very considerable assistance has been obtained from them in
detecting poachers.

All carnivorous mammals are treated as vermin and are
systematically destroyed.

No shooting or hunting of any kind is permitted in the
Reserve, and in fact members of the public except on special
permit are not allowed to carry firearms or to leave certain
main tracks.

The species of game mammals found are as follows: Elephant,
rhinoceros, hippopotamus, giraffe, buffalo, zebra, sable and
roan antelope, kudu, water buck, blue wilde-beest, impalla,
reed buck, bush-buck, steenbok, duiker, klipspringer,
mountain reed buck, red duiker.

Of game birds there are: five kinds of francolin, two kinds
of knorhaan, sand grouse, quail and crested paauw.

The most destructive of the carnivora are lions, leopards,
chitas, hunting dogs, caracals and servals.

Baboons, porcupines, &c., being destructive in various ways,
are considered to be vermin.

Vermin have perceptibly decreased during the last few years,
in spite of the fact that the game has increased at the rate
of fully 10 per cent, per annum.

About 1,500 head of vermin, on an average, are destroyed
annually. The figures for 1910 included 21 lions, 24
leopards, 31 wild dogs, &c., the balance being made up of
chetahs, caracals, servals, civets, genets, wild cats,
hyenas, jackals, otters, baboons, crocodiles, pythons and
birds of prey.

There were 133 prosecutions for infringement of the
regulations, all against natives.

Dr. Charles W. Townsend, Boston, Mass., an eminent ornithologist,
says:

I have just read with much interest your Address on _Animal
Sanctuaries in Labrador_, and wish to tell you how fully I
agree with you, not only as to the importance of stopping
the destruction in Labrador before it is too late, but also
in the value of animal sanctuaries in general and of
Labrador in particular. I sincerely hope you will succeed in
your good work.

In the _Birds of Labrador_, 1907, Boston Society of Natural
History, by Mr. Glover, Mr. Allen and myself, we called
especial attention to the great destruction of life that has
gone on and is still going on there, and we suggested the
protection of the ei