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spot we saw several tsetse-flies, which bit the men's legs. The evening was dull 

 with a little thunder and rain, and the flies kept on appearing till almost dark, 

 after which none were seen or heard, but mosquitos were very plentiful. My 

 guide had not expected to find tsetse-flies here, and the next morning we con- 

 tinued the journey some couple of miles further to a spot in the bush, called 

 " Abbakudda," the word " kudda " meaning a fly. There was no village here, 

 merely the locality where I was told I should find plenty of flies, and the fact 

 that the place has been given a definite name affords some evidence as to the 

 pei-manence of this fly-belt. We walked slowly along the river-bed for some 

 distance, but no flies were seen. It was a dull, muggy morning, and about 



Fig. 1. — General view of the partially dried river-bed near Pyem, Bornu, where 

 G. tachinoides and G. morsitans were found. 



8 a.m. I shot a waterbuck, one of two which we found close to the river. The 

 blood of this animal was examined but no trypanosomes were found. 



Game is said to be plentiful in the neighbourhood all the year round, water- 

 buck, kob. West African and Senegal hartebeeste, roan antelope, reedbuck, red- 

 fronted gazelle, some bush-cow, and occasionally a few elephants visit the district. 

 We saw no evidence of crocodiles, but I know that they exist in the same river 

 at a place some 15 miles higher up (south). We also saw and heard large numbers 

 of baboons. 



It was not tiU nearly 10 a.m., when the sun broke through and dispelled the 

 clouds, that the tsetse-flies began to appear, and during the rest of the day, till 

 late afternoon, when we left, during which time the sun shone brightly, they were 



