SELOUS' EXPERIEXCE ON ZAMBESI. 181 



75. I88i. Dr. Emil Holub.* 



" Seven Years in South Afkica : Teavels, Re- 

 searches, AND Hunting Adventures, between the 

 DiAMOND-FiELDS AND THE Zambesi (1872-79)." Trans- 

 lated by Ellen E. Frewer (London : Sampson Low, 

 Marston, Searle and Rivington), Vol. II. 



[August, 1875.] "In the evening we halted facing a 

 wooded lidge, which would have to be crossed at night, on 

 account of the Tsetse-fly with which it was infested. . . . 

 The night was dark, and we could scarcely see ten yards 

 in front of us, but shortly after two o'clock we ventured to 

 start, and got safely through the wood without any 

 inconvenience from the Tsetse-fly, finding ourselves at 

 dawn on the the plain called the Gashuma Flat " [near the 

 Panda ma Tenka River] (p. 105). 



Portion of route to the Victoria Falls near the Gashuma 

 Flat known to be infested with Tsetse (p. 183). 



Tsetse-fly near Panda ma Tenka : havoc caused by it 

 amongst bullocks (pp. 373-374). 



76. i88i. F. C. Selous. 



" A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa " (London : 

 Richard Bentley & Son). 



Umziligazi's cattle decimated by the Tsetse-fly (in 

 Matabele Land, north of Buluwayo), p. 31. 



" The ' Tsetse ' fly has now come up to the Jomani 

 [a little river in Mashuna Land], so that hunters of late 

 years have had to travel by another road more to the 

 south" (p. 34, note). 



" In the day-time, too, ' Tse-tse ' flies, whose numbers 

 increased daily as the season advanced, were very trouble- 

 some [on the Lower Chobe River]. Nowhere does this 

 virulent insect exist in such numbers as to the westward 

 of the Victoria Falls, along the southern bank of the 

 Zambesi and Chobe. It is usually found in great numbers 

 near the river, becoming scarcer and scarcer as one 

 advances inland, till at a distance of a few miles it dis- 

 appears, except in some particular patches of forest. 

 Along the water's edge they are an incredible pest, 

 attacking one in a perfect swarm, from daylight till 

 sunset, and, without a buftalo or giraffe tail to swish them 



* Cf. [67]- 



