Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1899 — Fashoda Big Game. [ARTICLE]

Fashoda Big G ame.

Big game Is said to be extraordinarily plentiful in the region of Fashoda. The river swarms with crocodiles and hippopotami, while great herds of antelopes of various kinds and giraffes are frequently met with.' The latter fact is particularly interesting, as most of the zoological gardens in the world are in want of a specimen of the North African giraffe, which they have been unable to obtain, owing to the closing of the Central Soudan for so many years.