NATIVE NAMES FOR TSETSE-FLIES. 



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Livingstone's assertion that calves do not contract Tsetse-fly 

 disease so long as they are being suckled by their mothers was 

 doubtless based on the statements of natives ; while the native 

 belief in "homoeopathic" prophylactics or remedies is further 

 illustrated by Baines [55], who writes: "All young animals 

 while living on milk are safe. Some of the tribes living on the 

 borders drive the calves into the fly during the day, and bring 

 them out to be suckled morning and night. This is supposed 

 also to render them secure during the rest of their lives." Similar 

 precautions are said to be adopted by the Bushmen in the case 

 of dogs. According to Bradshaw [77] : " Dogs are taken into 

 the fly district by the Bushmen when pups, and are allowed to 

 suckle the mother, and at the same time given as much fly to 

 eat as can be captured for them. The mother in this case dies, 

 and the pups live and grow up, but are the most miserable 

 looking objects I ever saw belonging to the canine race — 

 emaciated, small, and the hair standing up all over them." 



The following list of native names is of course 



^^Ts^'ets^e^flies/*"" ^^^^ ^^^' ^^^™ complete, but it is printed here 

 in the hope that it may prove of some slight 

 use to investigators. 



The Tsetse is called kij)anga (meaning "little sword") near Kilwa. — 

 Captain K, F. Burton [25]. 

 „ ,, panga (or "sword "-fly) in Unyamwezi. — H. M. 



Stanley [45]. 



cMpinga on the Kovuma River.— Dr. Kirk [28]. 



chufwa by the Wasawahili, near Rosako, in 

 Ukwere, about 20 miles inland from Bagamoyo. 

 — H. M. Stanley [45]. 



biingo in the Manyuema country. — Dr. Living- 

 stone [49]. 



ganda by the Wa-Galla. — W. W. A. Fitzgerald 



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 viau in the country of the Rhol Tribe, north-west 



of Gondokoro. — Mr. and Mrs. Petherick [37]. 

 kasyembi, by the Ahenga, Ankamanga, and Atum- 



buka in British Central Africa. — Captain Craw- 

 shay (Appendix B). 

 chiscmberi (pi. visemberi) by the Awemba of Itawa 



and Kabwiri, British Central Africa. — Captain 



Crawshay (Appendix B). 

 ivipugan on the Revui River, Mashonaland. — F. C. 



Selous [121]. 

 adjoe in Togo. — Dr. Schilling [170]. 



