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  W. 
  F. 
  FISKE. 
  

  

  An 
  exceedingly 
  interesting 
  reach 
  of 
  shore 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  about 
  five 
  miles 
  along 
  the 
  

   southern 
  margin 
  of 
  Buganga 
  District 
  in 
  Buddu. 
  Its 
  western 
  extremity 
  is 
  plunged 
  

   into 
  a 
  great 
  sudd 
  field. 
  Beginning 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  where 
  the 
  sudd 
  gives 
  way 
  and 
  permits 
  

   landing, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  reach 
  of 
  200 
  yards 
  (estimated) 
  where 
  an 
  almost 
  continuous 
  line 
  

   of 
  thick 
  shrubbery 
  and 
  other 
  low 
  vegetation 
  grows 
  along 
  a 
  sand 
  embankment 
  which 
  

   represents 
  the 
  beach 
  line 
  of 
  1906. 
  Inside 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  grass, 
  sandy 
  plain, 
  with 
  

   large 
  herds 
  of 
  water-buck 
  and 
  some 
  zebra. 
  Just 
  outside 
  it 
  are 
  many 
  semi-open 
  

   spaces 
  of 
  a 
  sort 
  very 
  attractive 
  to 
  fly, 
  with 
  most 
  excellently 
  shaded 
  breeding 
  grounds. 
  

   Crocodile 
  and 
  hippo 
  are 
  unusually 
  numerous. 
  (Points 
  1 
  to 
  6, 
  inclusive, 
  Table 
  

   XXXIV.) 
  For 
  the 
  next 
  2,700 
  yards 
  the 
  shore 
  becomes 
  very 
  marshy 
  and 
  no 
  attractive 
  

   shelter 
  could 
  be 
  detected 
  from 
  the 
  water, 
  until 
  at 
  point 
  8 
  a 
  narrow 
  ridge 
  of 
  sand 
  

   outside 
  a 
  belt 
  of 
  light 
  shelter 
  again 
  appeared, 
  continuing 
  to 
  point 
  9, 
  where 
  for 
  the 
  

   first 
  time 
  massive 
  shelter 
  was 
  encountered. 
  Beyond 
  this 
  point 
  the 
  shore 
  was 
  diverse 
  

   and 
  fairly 
  heavily 
  infested. 
  

  

  Table 
  XXXIV. 
  

  

  Catches 
  of 
  Fly 
  along 
  Southern 
  Shore 
  of 
  Buganga 
  District, 
  Buddu, 
  showing 
  Effect 
  

  

  of 
  Massive 
  Shelter 
  on 
  Density. 
  

  

  

  

  Shelter 
  along 
  shore. 
  

  

  

  Infestation 
  

  

  

  

  Distance 
  

  

  o 
  

  

  

  

  

  O 
  \\ 
  si 
  p 
  v 
  v 
  9k 
  *hi 
  c\ 
  x\ 
  

  

  beyond 
  

  

  

  . 
  

  

  

  

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  UOCl 
  V 
  Cv 
  IXvil 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  point. 
  

  

  preceeding 
  

  

  

  

  

  Male 
  

  

  Female 
  

  

  

  point. 
  

  

  Massive. 
  

  

  Light. 
  

  

  Catch. 
  

  

  density. 
  

  

  .1- 
  VLLltvXV 
  

  

  percentage. 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  None 
  

  

  Very 
  good 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  2 
  

  

  900 
  vds. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  None 
  

  

  . 
  

  

  Very 
  good 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  0-7 
  

  

  00 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  600 
  „ 
  

  

  None 
  

  

  . 
  

  

  Very 
  good 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  o-o 
  

  

  1000 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  800 
  „ 
  

  

  Very 
  poor 
  

  

  

  Very 
  good 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  1-8 
  

  

  o-o 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  900 
  „ 
  

  

  None 
  

  

  , 
  . 
  

  

  Very 
  good 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  

  

  0-0 
  

  

  — 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  1,000 
  „ 
  

  

  None 
  

  

  # 
  

  

  Ve^y 
  good 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  02 
  

  

  o-o 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  1,500 
  „ 
  .. 
  

  

  Very 
  poor 
  

  

  . 
  

  

  Good 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  1'7 
  

  

  37*0 
  

  

  8 
  ..\ 
  

  

  1,200 
  „ 
  

  

  None 
  

  

  . 
  

  

  Good 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  2-3* 
  

  

  68*0 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  800 
  „ 
  

  

  Good 
  

  

  • 
  

  

  Good 
  

  

  90 
  

  

  17-0 
  

  

  43-0 
  

  

  * 
  Heavier 
  density 
  represents 
  dispersion 
  from 
  point 
  9, 
  which 
  was 
  a 
  colony 
  centre. 
  

  

  The 
  point 
  of 
  exceptional 
  interest, 
  however, 
  is 
  No. 
  4, 
  which 
  was 
  selected 
  as 
  that 
  

   one 
  where 
  the 
  fringe 
  of 
  light 
  shelter 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  heaviest 
  along 
  this 
  first 
  section 
  

   of 
  lightly 
  sheltered 
  shore. 
  To 
  all 
  appearances 
  such 
  shelter 
  as 
  was 
  present 
  had 
  sprung 
  

   up 
  since 
  the 
  high 
  lake-level 
  of 
  1906, 
  for 
  it 
  was 
  principally 
  growing 
  on 
  an 
  embankment 
  

   that 
  was 
  the 
  beach 
  line 
  at 
  that 
  time. 
  Moreover, 
  it 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  growing 
  heavier 
  

   and 
  denser 
  in 
  1915 
  ; 
  promising 
  to 
  become, 
  in 
  time, 
  a 
  forest 
  fringe 
  separating 
  the 
  

   short 
  grass 
  plain 
  from 
  the 
  lake. 
  It 
  had 
  already 
  become 
  so 
  heavy 
  or 
  massive 
  that 
  

   it 
  would 
  have 
  caused 
  no 
  surprise 
  to 
  have 
  found 
  the 
  shore 
  infested 
  to 
  an 
  average 
  

   degree. 
  The 
  extreme 
  lightness 
  of 
  the 
  infestation 
  was 
  certainly 
  due 
  to 
  lack 
  of 
  more 
  

   massive 
  shelter, 
  however, 
  and 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  attributed 
  to 
  any 
  other 
  cause. 
  

  

  