﻿5-9 
  . 
  

  

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  42-3 
  

  

  9-0 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  51-1 
  

  

  9-5 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  15-5 
  

  

  10-0 
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  12-0 
  

  

  11-0 
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  17-5 
  

  

  nil 
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  — 
  

  

  386 
  W. 
  F. 
  FISKE. 
  

  

  and 
  plantations. 
  Not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  northern 
  extremity 
  are 
  natural 
  clearings, 
  with 
  

   very 
  short 
  grass 
  and 
  flat 
  outcropping 
  ledges 
  of 
  rock, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  

   sufficient, 
  exceedingly 
  dense 
  clumps 
  and 
  thickets 
  of 
  bushes 
  and 
  vines. 
  

  

  Everywhere 
  on 
  the 
  peninsula 
  the 
  inland 
  range 
  of 
  fly 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  normal, 
  except 
  

   in 
  these 
  natural 
  clearings, 
  which 
  extended 
  a 
  mile 
  or 
  more 
  and 
  were 
  distant 
  800 
  to 
  

   1.200 
  yards 
  from 
  the 
  water. 
  Catches 
  were 
  attempted 
  in 
  the 
  clearings 
  kept 
  open 
  

   by 
  hippo, 
  but 
  without 
  result, 
  or 
  only 
  straggling 
  flies 
  were 
  caught 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  natural 
  

   clearings 
  the 
  greatest 
  density 
  of 
  fly 
  was 
  found 
  of 
  any 
  point 
  on 
  the 
  peninsula. 
  The 
  

   records 
  are 
  

  

  Male 
  Female 
  

  

  Density. 
  Percentage. 
  

  

  Points 
  along 
  shore 
  of 
  peninsula 
  opposite 
  clearings 
  

  

  Point 
  nearest 
  clearing 
  on 
  foreshore 
  

  

  In 
  clear 
  space 
  kept 
  open 
  by 
  hippo 
  100 
  yards 
  

  

  inland 
  opposite 
  natural 
  clearings 
  

   In 
  hippo 
  trail 
  leading 
  to 
  clearing 
  400 
  3^ards 
  inland 
  

   In 
  clearing. 
  800 
  to 
  1,000 
  yards 
  inland 
  

   In 
  open 
  space 
  300 
  to 
  1,500 
  yards 
  beyond 
  clearing 
  

  

  Breeding 
  grounds 
  were 
  sought 
  but 
  not 
  found 
  ; 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  no 
  proof 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  

   not 
  have 
  existed. 
  The 
  shelter 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  most 
  attractive 
  type, 
  but 
  no 
  more 
  so 
  than 
  

   in 
  other 
  clearings, 
  kept 
  open 
  by 
  hippo, 
  where 
  the 
  soil 
  was 
  much 
  deeper 
  and 
  the 
  

   vegetation 
  more 
  luxuriant. 
  The 
  only 
  explanation 
  for 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  fly 
  in 
  such 
  

   unusual 
  numbers 
  — 
  for, 
  in 
  fact, 
  the 
  major 
  concentration 
  of 
  fly 
  on 
  the 
  peninsula 
  so 
  

   far 
  as 
  the 
  survey 
  of 
  it 
  extended 
  — 
  was 
  the 
  excellent 
  shelter 
  (probably 
  coupled 
  with 
  

   breeding 
  grounds) 
  and 
  rather 
  unusual 
  numbers 
  of 
  bush-buck, 
  which 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  

   virtually 
  the 
  only 
  source 
  of 
  food. 
  It 
  was 
  less 
  the 
  numbers, 
  however, 
  than 
  the 
  easy 
  

   accessibility 
  of 
  these 
  animals 
  which 
  was 
  conceived 
  to 
  be 
  mainly 
  responsible. 
  They 
  

   found 
  refuge 
  in 
  the 
  dense 
  thickets 
  and 
  clumps 
  of 
  bush, 
  which 
  were 
  so 
  small 
  in 
  extent 
  

   that 
  the 
  flies 
  could 
  find 
  them 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  without 
  penetrating 
  far 
  into 
  the 
  shadow. 
  

  

  Kitebo 
  Peninsula, 
  August 
  1915. 
  

  

  Kitebo 
  Peninsula 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Mawakota, 
  is 
  bounded 
  by 
  permanent 
  sudd 
  fields, 
  

   except 
  for 
  a 
  reach 
  of 
  about 
  3 
  miles 
  along 
  its 
  south-eastern 
  and 
  southern 
  shore. 
  

   Here 
  it 
  is 
  narrowly-fringed 
  with 
  sudd 
  of 
  more 
  recent 
  growth 
  and 
  less 
  permanently 
  

   lodged, 
  which 
  in 
  1915 
  was 
  broken 
  at 
  three 
  points. 
  Each 
  break 
  was 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  

   a 
  colony, 
  or 
  centre 
  of 
  infestation, 
  for 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  breaks 
  and 
  on 
  either 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  semi-open 
  reach. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  northward, 
  behind 
  the 
  permanent 
  sudd 
  fields 
  that 
  fill 
  the 
  channel 
  between 
  

   the 
  peninsula 
  and 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Bujako, 
  infestation 
  falls 
  away 
  abruptly. 
  To 
  the 
  

   westward, 
  behind 
  the 
  permanent 
  sudd 
  fields 
  that 
  bind 
  the 
  western 
  shore 
  and 
  south- 
  

   western 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  peninsula 
  a 
  curious 
  situation 
  was 
  discovered. 
  

  

  The 
  south-western 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  peninsula 
  is 
  a 
  marshy 
  plain 
  with 
  belts 
  and 
  

   patches 
  of 
  drier 
  land. 
  The 
  wetter 
  parts 
  of 
  it 
  are 
  overgrown 
  with 
  a 
  terrible 
  tangle 
  

   of 
  tall 
  grass, 
  shrubbery 
  and 
  briery 
  vines 
  that 
  defies 
  penetration. 
  The 
  drier 
  parts 
  

   are 
  in 
  places 
  open 
  game 
  pasture, 
  and 
  in 
  part 
  covered 
  with 
  patches 
  of 
  dense 
  jungle. 
  

  

  