advantages. An attempt is made below to tabulate 

 sSide by side the arguments for and against : — 



Against. 



For. 



(i) Many of the worst 

 stock diseases are tick 

 borne: e.g., East Coast 

 Fever. Ticks attach 

 themselves to the game 

 and are carried amongst 

 domestic animals. 



(2) Eland, Buflfalo, 

 Kudu and Duiker arc 

 accused of carrying Rin- 

 derpest. 



(3) Damage to fences. 



(i) The existence or EAST COAST 

 absence of ticks has little FEVER, 

 or no relation to the 

 quantity of game : e.g. 

 the Uasin Gishu, the 

 Illoita Plains, the Rift 

 Valley and the X. C.uaso 

 Xyiro have larger herds 

 of game than anywhere 

 else in East Africa. Ticks 

 in some of these areas are 

 entirely, and in others 

 almost entirely, absent. 



(2) Not proven. Vul- rinderpest. 



tiux'S are su.spected of 

 being the main culprits, 

 as they travel long dis- 

 tances and after feeding 

 on a Rinderpest-stricken 

 animal their excrement 

 may diseminate the .•^enn 

 of Rinderpest. It is point- 

 ed out that Rinderpest 

 spreads more rapidly in 

 South Africa over game- 

 less country than it lias 

 ever done in East Africa. 



(3) So far as grazing fencing. 

 areas are concerned, the 

 game speedily learns to 

 respect fencing, although 

 damage is caused to com- 

 mence with. On Lord 

 Delamere's Soysambu Es- 

 tate there are many miles 

 of fencing, with large 

 herds of game on the one 

 side and large herds of 

 cattle on the other. The 

 game does not attempt to 

 interfere with the fencing. 



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