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The rivers in the tropical zone abound with hippopotami and crocodiles, the former entirely confined to Africa.

The vast herds of game, formerly so characteristic of many parts of Africa, have much diminished with the increase of intercourse with the interior.

Game reserves have, however, been established in South Africa, British Central Africa, British East Africa, Somaliland, etc., while measures for the protection of wild animals were laid down in an international convention signed in May 1900.