184 TLY-BELTS ON ZAMBESI EOAD. 



" Of course ■we thought that all our oxen and the two 

 horses we had left at the wagons were 'fly-stuck,' and 

 cursed our luck accordingly ; but we were eventually 

 very agreeably disai^pointed, for we did not lose a single 

 ox, though two of mine and one of Wood's showed evident 

 signs of having been bitten, becoming very thin and 

 running at the eyes. They were all young animals, 

 however, and at last pulled through, though one of mine 

 did not commence to make flesh again for more than a 

 year. These facts convinced me that it takes more than 

 one fly-bite to kill an ox or any other animal, and that 

 recovery from Tsetse bite is possible when the blood has 

 not been too strongly impregnated with the poison " (p. 349). 



77. i88i. Dr. B. F. Bradshaw. 



"The Tsetse-Fly" {The Transactions of tlie Sonih 

 African Philosophical Society, Vol. II., Parti., pp. 51-55). 



The Tsetse-fly " is very tough, and bears a good squeeze 

 without being any the worse for it." 



" It inhabits tlie forest country on the north bank of 

 the Zambesi in great numbers, and is found in three belts 

 along the Zambesi road. Commencing at the first, is a 

 belt along the Zambesi and Chobe rivers, varying in width 

 from eight to twelve miles, and is more numerous in some 

 localities than in others, according to the amount of game, 

 being fewer where game is scarce and vice-versa ; is much 

 more plentiful during the winter months, namely, from 

 April to end of September, than during the summer. The 

 next belt of fly is about fifty miles from the river, along 

 the wagon road, in a southerly direction, between it and 

 Panta ma Tenka, is about six miles wide and eight miles 

 from the trading station at Panta ma Tenka. Sometimes 

 you may pass in the day-time and see no fly, at other 

 times you will notice many. This part of the country is 

 one of those sandy ridges covered with forest so common 

 in the country. About six inspans, or forty-five miles from 

 Panta ma Tenka, is the third belt of Tsetse ; the wagons 

 generally inspan after sunset, and trek for about three 

 hours, then tie up the oxen and let them sleep for a 

 couple of hours, inspan again for four hours, and we con- 

 sider ourselves past the region of the fly, which must be 

 twelve or thirteen miles wide ; it is also very uncertain 



