Reports to the /'"orcigii Ojficc. 153 



.Miijisty's Commissioner in the l^ritish C'oiitnil Africa Protfctonktc 

 rtsjK'fting tin.' suppose*! connexion Ixtween Tsetse-fly and MufTaK*. 



I am, etc., 



C'lk.mknt I.i.. II 11,1,. 

 '/'<> TiiK DiHECTon, 



Natural Historv Museum. 



Tin: Rksidkncy, Zomha, 



Hritis}! Central .Xfrica Protectorate, 

 30//1 September, I'JOl. 



'/'»' Ills ^Fa-IKSTY's PuiXCirAI, SkcUKTAIIY of StaTK for FoilEHiX 



Affairs. 

 ^fv T.ORn, With reference to your Lonlship's despatches Xos. 

 Ill and !.')."», enclosing copies of correspondence on the sulije<-t of the 

 connection between the existence of Tsetse-fly and the preservation of 

 BufTalo, I have the honour to append a few notes which give my own 

 exjMTience during the jiast fourteen years in Africa on this suliject. 



(1) Tsetsc-tly would apjiear to deixnd upon wild game for their 

 existence, as I have never found Tsetse in any lo<ality where game was 

 totally non-existent. 



(i') Tsetse does not aj>pear to be in any way specially dependent upon 

 biifTalo. On the plains at the north end of Nyassa, before rinderj^cst 

 made iUs appearance, there were vast herds of HulTalo, but no Tsetse. 

 The natives at the north end at that time owned large quantities of rattle 

 which could be seen grazing in close proximity to UulTalo. AVhea 

 rindeq»e8t came it killed jvractiaiUy all the cattle and all the liufTalo. 



In other districts of British Central Africa Tsetse are found in large 

 quantities where lUifTalo, at the jiresent date, at any rate, do not exist. 



(8) Tsetse are not found (in British Central Africa) in oix-n plains, 

 although such plains may have large (|U:intitie8 of game on them, and 

 in spite of the fa<t that at the edges of the plains, where forest abounds 

 Tsetse are found. 



It would apjK'ar, therefore, that what regnlates the presence of Tsetse- 

 fly is the description of the country almost as much as the abundantv or 

 scarcity of game. 



I have, etc., 



(Signeil) Alfrki) Rharpk, 

 If is Majesty 8 Comnmsiotier ami Consul-General. 



FouEios Offick, 



'J7//i Sovember, 1901. 

 To Thk Diukctor, Natural History Museum. 



Sir, With reference to my letter of the I'oth instant, I am directitl 

 by the Secretary of Stiitc for I-'oreign .\fT.iirs to transnnt to you for your 

 information a i'oj>y of a de>iKitch which hius been receive*! from the a«ling 

 British Commissioner in Uganda, respecting tlic 8Ui»i»«tsed oonne<'tion 

 lK?twe€n Tsetse-fly and BufTalo. 



I am, etc., 



Clkmknt 1. 1.. Him.. 



