Mr. 'hodson was one of my police officers when I was Resident Commissioner of the Bechuana land Protectorate, and of all the capable officers of the excellent police force of that country there was not one on whom I had greater reliance, or for whom I had a stronger personal regard. With a good knowledge of conditions in South Africa, I can say. With confidence that since the days of my old friend Ered Selous there has not been a single hunter in South or Central South Africa who has been more thorough and sportsman like than Mr. Hodson.