EXPERIMENT WITH TREK-OXEN IN E. AFRICA. 1G3 



" Herr Hartnaann then stated his intention of making 

 further communications on this subject at one of the 

 autumn meetings." 



54. 1877. Rev. Joseph Mullens, D.D. 



A New Route and New Mode of Travelling into 

 Central Africa adopted by the Rev. Roger Price 

 IN 1876, described by Rev. Joseph Mullens, D.D. — Pro- 

 ceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, Vol. XXI. 



" Reflecting on these things, the Directors of the 

 London Missionary Society, when planning their expe- 

 dition to Lake Tanganyika, thought it worth while 

 specially to enquire into two points : (1) Could a route 

 be found to the north of the Wami River, on higher 

 ground, and free from the swampy levels found here and 

 there on the road from Bagamoyo? and (2) Was it 

 possible to employ on the entire line the waggon drawn 

 by bullocks, so common in the colonies of South Africa, 

 and that without risk from the Tsetse-fly ?" (pp. 235-236). 



A trial expedition under Mr. Price, with a riding-donkey, 

 and a cart drawn by four oxen, left Saaddni for 3Ipwapwa 

 (a distance of 200 miles) on June 10, 1876, and arrived 

 and returned safely : no Tsetse-fly were met with.* 



' " As to the difilculty most feared of all, the Tsetse-fly, 

 which seems to be a trouble on the Bagamoyo road, 

 he [Mr. Price] says : ' I regard the absence of Tsetse 

 between Saadani and Mpwapwa as settled. I took the 

 four bullocks with me the whole way, and left them at 

 Saadani on my return, apparently in perfect health. 

 Cattle, sheep and goats are to be met with here and 

 there along the whole route.' Dr. Moffat gives it as his 

 experience that it is the increase of population which 

 destroys Tsetse" (p. 241). 



55. i877. Thomas Baines. 



"The Gold Regions of South Eastern Africa." 

 (London : Edward Stanford. Port Elizabeth : J. W. C. 

 Max>kay.) 



Ammonia as a remedy for horses bitten by Tsetse. — 

 " I once used one pound of carbonate of ammonia, dis- 

 solved in a bucket of warm water, to wash four horses 

 during our passage through the Tsetse-fly. I cannot 



* Cf. however [60]. 



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