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  RUPERT 
  W. 
  JACK. 
  

  

  (3) 
  Northern 
  Belt. 
  The 
  writer 
  lias 
  not 
  visited 
  this 
  area 
  since 
  1912 
  and 
  is 
  un- 
  

   acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  conditions 
  prevailing 
  there 
  at 
  present. 
  The 
  region 
  is 
  untouched 
  

   by 
  civilisation, 
  and 
  since 
  the 
  year 
  of 
  the 
  rinderpest 
  epizootic 
  the 
  fly 
  has, 
  according 
  to 
  

   numerous 
  reliable 
  reports, 
  increased 
  and 
  spread 
  very 
  greatly. 
  The 
  latest 
  reports 
  

   from 
  the 
  Native 
  Commissioners 
  indicate 
  the 
  present 
  extent 
  of 
  tsetse 
  as 
  shown 
  1n 
  

   the 
  map. 
  The 
  infested 
  country 
  is 
  estimated 
  to 
  include 
  about 
  2,500-3,000 
  square 
  

   miles 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  day. 
  

  

  (4) 
  Jetjenini 
  Belt. 
  The 
  infested 
  country 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  remains 
  untouched 
  by 
  

   civilisation 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  forest 
  is 
  concerned, 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  its 
  accessibility 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   favourite 
  shooting 
  area 
  amongst 
  hunters, 
  and 
  game 
  is 
  less 
  plentiful 
  than 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   in 
  the 
  past. 
  Tsetse 
  occurs, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  great 
  numbers, 
  and 
  of 
  late 
  years 
  has 
  shown 
  

   little 
  or 
  no 
  tendency 
  to 
  spread. 
  In 
  1914 
  an 
  outbreak 
  of 
  trypanosomiasis 
  amongst 
  

   some 
  cattle 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  running 
  for 
  eight 
  or 
  nine 
  months 
  on 
  the 
  Chumsenga 
  

   River, 
  which 
  was 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  outside 
  the 
  fly 
  belt, 
  gave 
  the 
  impression 
  that 
  a 
  south- 
  

   ward 
  movement 
  was 
  in 
  progress. 
  This 
  may 
  indeed 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  case 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  

   although 
  the 
  evidence 
  that 
  this 
  river 
  had 
  only 
  recently 
  become 
  infested 
  was 
  incon- 
  

   clusive, 
  and 
  fly 
  was 
  certainly 
  present 
  when 
  the 
  cattle 
  were 
  taken 
  there, 
  as 
  proved 
  by 
  

   the 
  report 
  of 
  a 
  trooper 
  of 
  the 
  B.S.A. 
  Police 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  

   that 
  game, 
  especially 
  kudu, 
  sable 
  and 
  wart-hog, 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  moderately 
  abundant 
  

   in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  in 
  September 
  1914. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  significant 
  that 
  the 
  northern 
  

   limit 
  of 
  native-owned 
  cattle 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  has 
  apparently 
  remained 
  the 
  same 
  for 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  years 
  past, 
  namely, 
  about 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  Ridziwe 
  River 
  and 
  along 
  

   the 
  Mvume. 
  Capt. 
  Thornton, 
  of 
  the 
  B.S.A. 
  Police, 
  found 
  tsetse 
  at 
  Doma 
  Hill 
  in 
  

   1909 
  and 
  this 
  still 
  marks 
  the 
  southern 
  limit 
  of 
  fly 
  in 
  this 
  direction. 
  The 
  stationary 
  

   nature 
  of 
  the 
  belt 
  is 
  all 
  the 
  more 
  significant 
  in 
  the 
  light 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  in 
  pre-rinder- 
  

   pest 
  days 
  the 
  fly 
  used 
  to 
  extend 
  considerably 
  further 
  south. 
  The 
  southern 
  limit 
  

   of 
  fly 
  in 
  this 
  district 
  in 
  1896 
  according 
  to 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  T. 
  Coryndon, 
  C.M.G., 
  now 
  Governor 
  

   of 
  Uganda, 
  is 
  marked 
  on 
  the 
  map. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  added 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  fairly 
  wide 
  extent 
  

   of 
  primitive 
  country 
  between 
  the 
  present 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  fly 
  and 
  the 
  limits 
  given 
  by 
  

   Coryndon, 
  although 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  intervening 
  area 
  has 
  been 
  settled. 
  The 
  unsettled 
  

   area 
  doubtless 
  contains 
  a 
  moderate 
  amount 
  of 
  game 
  at 
  certain 
  seasons, 
  though 
  the 
  

   writer 
  has 
  seen 
  very 
  little 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  some 
  three 
  journeys 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  region 
  is 
  

   too 
  near 
  to 
  settlement 
  for 
  large 
  game 
  to 
  be 
  really 
  plentiful. 
  The 
  Jetjenini 
  fly 
  belt 
  is 
  

   about 
  450 
  square 
  miles 
  in 
  extent. 
  

  

  (5) 
  Suri-suri 
  Belt. 
  From 
  all 
  appearances 
  tsetse 
  has 
  now 
  died 
  out 
  in 
  this 
  area. 
  

   The 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  fly 
  in 
  this 
  belt 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  year 
  1913 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  published, 
  but 
  

   in 
  order 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  sequence 
  of 
  events 
  clear 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  recapitulate. 
  Tsetse 
  

   in 
  the 
  Hartley 
  district 
  shared 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  shrinkage 
  of 
  1896-7 
  and 
  indeed 
  has 
  not 
  

   reappeared 
  in 
  many 
  parts 
  which 
  were 
  formerly 
  infested, 
  notably 
  in 
  that 
  portion 
  

   lying 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  railway. 
  The 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Scott, 
  of 
  the 
  Native 
  Department, 
  formerly 
  

   resident 
  in 
  the 
  Hartley 
  district, 
  supplied 
  information 
  to 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Land 
  Settle- 
  

   ment, 
  dated 
  12th 
  June 
  1909, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  condensed 
  version. 
  " 
  In 
  

   1895 
  there 
  used 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  fly 
  belt 
  between 
  a 
  point 
  four 
  miles 
  from 
  Old 
  Hartley 
  and 
  the 
  

   headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  Ngombe 
  or 
  Mombe 
  river. 
  In 
  September 
  1897 
  I 
  never 
  saw 
  or 
  

   heard 
  of 
  fly 
  during 
  a 
  trip 
  from 
  Fort 
  Martin, 
  to 
  the 
  Beatrice 
  Mine, 
  to 
  the 
  Mgezi 
  at 
  the 
  

   Manizi 
  range, 
  down 
  between 
  that 
  river 
  and 
  the 
  Msweswi 
  to 
  the 
  Singondo 
  junction 
  

  

  