TEANSPOKT ANIMALS ON UG^ANDA EAILWAY. 241 



[A fairly good enlarged figure of Glossina morsitans 

 (more probably Gl. pallidipes) is given on p. 356, and a 

 figure of the antenna (called by mistake the proboscis) 

 on p. 357.] 



" Ganda"-fly reported to exist from Wange {near Lamu) 

 up to Itembe, in consequence of which neither cattle nor 

 donkeys thrive (p. 419). 



People of Simambaya Sendeni (a large village about 

 three miles beyond Vundene) possess " neither cattle nor 

 donkeys, owing to the prevalence of the Ganda-fly " (p. 

 432). 



" The Ganda-fly is prevalent here also [in the neighbour- 

 hood of Bubu, a large village on the sea-coast, with the 

 island of Simambaya lying opposite to it], consequently 

 the people possess no cattle, but there appeared to be 

 numbers of sheep and goats " (pp. 434-435). 



[Wange is at the west end of the Mongoni Channel, 

 which runs inland from Manda Bay, to the north of 

 Manda and Lamu Is. Itembe is close to the coast, north- 

 east of Patta I. Vundene and Bubu are close to the 

 coast, five to eight miles east of Itembe.] 



155. 1898. 



"Report on the Progress op the Mombasa- Victoria 

 (L^ganda) Railway, 1897-98." Presented to both Houses 

 of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, July, 1898. 

 London ; Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by 

 Harrison & Sons, St. Martin's Lane, Printers in Ordinary 

 to Her Majesty. 



' ' The country in parts being infested with Tsetse-fly 

 as far as mile 220 [a little beyond Kiboko], the mortality 

 amongst transport animals would have been very heavy 

 had larger transport arrangements been made for expedi- 

 ting works far ahead of the rails, and an enormous outlay 

 would have been entailed which circumstances hardly 

 seemed to justify " (p. 3). 



" Transport. — It has been found necessary to keep up 

 a transport department for the purpose of supplying the 

 advanced earthwork and survey parties with food and 

 water. Camels, donkeys, bullocks, and mules have been 

 tried, but mules alone have been found effective, owing to 

 the ravages caused by the Tsetse-fly .amongst tihe other 



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