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and I went out to meet him at a distance and make sure 

 that he brought no ' fly ' upon his game. We saw one on 

 Plait's fore leg, but could not kill it ; we washed the place 

 with ammonia, and saw probably the same fly on Mr. 

 Biles's horse ; we tried to catch him with the edge of a 

 knife so held as to cast the narrowest possible shadow 

 a little way from the insect, but the Tsetse was too quick 

 even for this ; at last Biles struck him to the ground, and 

 I secured him in an envelope to be sent to London " 

 (pp. 63-64). 



A "granite hill covered with bush and infested by the 

 dreaded fly," Nov. 2, 1871, on the south bank of the 

 Limpopo, nearly opposite the " Tslagool Hills (the Silika 

 or Siloquam of the maps) " : approximate position, lat 

 22° 50' 4", long. 28° 22' 40" (p. 65). 



Tsetse in the Northern Transvaal. — " Friday, Nov. 3rd 

 [1871] . . . four or five men and boys joined us, they 

 told us the pan in front was called Madlala, and a day's 

 journey beyond it was ' Schimmel Paard Pan,' there was 

 fly between them, but no water, and there is fly also 

 beyond Schimmel Paard Pan. But we must leave it 

 before dark so as to be able to get into a definite track, 

 and yet not so soon as to rush into the fly until it has 

 retired for the night. It is a day's journey to Maghali- 

 quain River, through which we must not cross as there^is fly 

 between it and Madzalana River, but after this we are 

 past all danger, and reach Matlalas in two days and 

 Makapans in four. From Maghaliquain there is fly to the 

 west, between us and the Limpopo " (pp. 65-66). 



" The Matchopong mountains were visible to the 

 north-west, and as they are also seen from the Ba 

 Mangwata road they formed a landmark to test the 

 correctness of our longitude. Our last night's track 

 through the fly country had been about 13 miles, and 

 during the afternoon and evening we made about 10 more. 

 The night was dark and cloudy, preventing any observa- 

 tion for latitude, but affording us additional security 

 against the insect pest " (p. 66). 



"On Sunday, November 5th [1871], we inspanned 

 about half-past 5, so as to get into the definite road before 

 dark, and about seven we descended into a sandy tract 

 with dense bush haunted by the Tsetse. ... At dawn on 



