CAMK AM) CAM I'. I'Kl'lSKkN ATION IN /IM.UI.AND. ^t)^ 



l)y iiuliscriininalo nioxiiiL; abnm the oounirv with infected 

 animals. 



And if it is aj^ainst tlicir interests to be i)ernntte{l to remain 

 liutjg'ing the Reserve boundaries, what can be said concerning 

 tliose who are — and for several years ])ast have actually been 

 living" ill the Ciame Reserves? 



I would like, with all deference, both in the interests of 

 game protection and that of the natives, to urge that the matter 

 be taken up in a frankly conciliatory spirit between the Depart- 

 ments, each being prepared to grant concessions where such are 

 necessary, reasonable, and possible, because 1 l)e]ieve that the 

 action would be justitied by results. 



That infected stock in Nagana areas is a source of " grave 

 danger " has been conclusively shown, and there should be a 

 way of counteracting that danger, that way, it appears to me. 

 being by the segregation of infected stock. The carelessness dis- 

 played in the natives' herding arrangements is another source of 

 danger, and is due, I believe, to the peoples' inability to realise 

 that the game, apart from a transmitting agent, is harmless. 



I have repeatedly seen troops of cattle grazing on warm, 

 windless summer mornings in the thick scrub and bush by the 

 Mkuzi Drift, where they had been taken to water, while the 

 herd-boys who were responsible for them were half-a-mile away 

 up on the hill-side, playing games. 



As there were certainly infected cattle amongst the herds, 

 and all the conditions were favourable for the fly, it is not diffi- 

 cult to understand that the results of such carelessness would 

 probably be disastrous. 



It is generally admitted that the conditions wliich obtain 

 in respect of the relationshi]) between tsetse-fly and game vary 

 greatly in widely-separated localities. 



A remark made by Mr. Mitchell in his report tends to con- 

 firm this when considered in the light of the experiences of 

 others. 



He says: "'The association between game and tsetse-flv is 

 a very close one, and so far it has not been possible to procure 

 fly, except in areas where game were numerous. In such cases 

 the tsetse-fly has been found in practically all instances." It 

 must be presumed that the word " game " is to be understood 

 in the general sense as explained in that report. 



In 1896-7, in company with my friend, Capt. (now Col.) 

 Harrison, of the Indian Staff Corps, I was elephant-hunting in 

 the Mozambique Province, and during one portion of our travels 

 we marched from Chirimani across the Lualwa and Lukugu 

 Rivers to Kuruwe, thence through Lukosi across the beautiful 

 Liuli River to Marari, and back to Chirimani by a different 

 route. The distance covered was a])proximately 534 miles, and 

 on the slightly shorter outward journey we encountered great 

 quantities of game of all sorts, with the exception of elephants, 

 of which, however, we saw spoor on the Liuli. 



On the return trip (268 miles), we had the utmost dif^culty 



