﻿AND 
  BIG 
  GAME 
  IN 
  S. 
  RHODESIA. 
  101 
  

  

  delimitation 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  there 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Stohr, 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Rhodesian 
  service, 
  

   who 
  visited 
  that 
  part 
  early 
  last 
  year 
  (1913). 
  The 
  strangest 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  situation, 
  

   however, 
  is 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  country 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  escarpment 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  

   Angwa 
  river. 
  Between 
  1905 
  and 
  1910 
  odd 
  specimens 
  of 
  fly 
  were 
  encountered 
  at 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  isolated 
  spots 
  in 
  this 
  area. 
  Such 
  spots 
  are 
  coloured 
  yellow 
  in 
  Map 
  I. 
  

   There 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  about 
  the 
  reliability 
  of 
  these 
  reports 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  mostly 
  due 
  to 
  

   Thornton, 
  who 
  is 
  perfectly 
  familiar 
  with 
  tsetse. 
  A 
  few 
  are 
  due 
  to 
  native 
  messengers 
  

   who 
  brought 
  specimens 
  to 
  the 
  Native 
  Commissioner's 
  camp. 
  Subsequent 
  visitors 
  

   have 
  almost 
  always 
  failed 
  to 
  find 
  fly 
  at 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  spots 
  ; 
  the 
  Native 
  Commissioner 
  

   for 
  Lomagundi 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Stohr 
  both 
  failed 
  at 
  different 
  times 
  to 
  find 
  or 
  hear 
  of 
  any 
  fly 
  

   about 
  the 
  Piriwiri, 
  Susenje 
  and 
  other 
  rivers 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  and 
  south-west 
  of 
  Sinoia 
  ; 
  

   Mr. 
  C. 
  W. 
  Howard 
  and 
  the 
  writer 
  failed 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  on 
  the 
  Ingonya 
  river 
  in 
  1909. 
  

   Dr. 
  Stohr 
  failed 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  on 
  the 
  Naodza 
  and 
  other 
  rivers 
  further 
  north 
  early 
  last 
  

   year 
  ; 
  he 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  matter 
  in 
  his 
  report 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  Whatever 
  fly 
  there 
  may 
  

   be 
  in 
  the 
  Urungwe 
  sub-district, 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  Zambesi 
  Valley, 
  must 
  certainly 
  be 
  very 
  

   scarce 
  and 
  scattered. 
  I 
  found 
  none 
  and 
  could 
  hear 
  of 
  none 
  from 
  natives." 
  

  

  This 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  has 
  been 
  shot 
  over 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  extent 
  by 
  hunters 
  and 
  

   prospectors, 
  but 
  the 
  game 
  has 
  certainly 
  not 
  been 
  reduced 
  to 
  anything 
  like 
  the 
  same 
  

   extent 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  in 
  the 
  Suri-suri 
  belt 
  in 
  the 
  Hartley 
  district 
  (to 
  be 
  dealt 
  with 
  shortly). 
  

   There 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  no 
  fixed 
  belt 
  of 
  any 
  extent 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  since 
  the 
  rinderpest. 
  

   It 
  should 
  be 
  mentioned 
  that, 
  according 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Herrington, 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  police 
  reported 
  a 
  

   belt 
  seven 
  miles 
  wide 
  on 
  the 
  path 
  from 
  Sinoia 
  to 
  Urungwe 
  in 
  July 
  1898, 
  but 
  this 
  has 
  

   never 
  been 
  confirmed, 
  and 
  according 
  to 
  Thornton's 
  statement 
  the 
  police 
  apparently 
  

   had 
  not 
  accepted 
  the 
  report 
  as 
  reliable. 
  The 
  belt 
  is 
  certainly 
  not 
  in 
  existence 
  at 
  the 
  

   present 
  day. 
  No 
  explanation 
  of 
  the 
  phenomenon 
  can 
  be 
  attempted. 
  It 
  would 
  seem 
  

   that 
  the 
  fly 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  survived 
  the 
  rinderpest 
  in 
  very 
  small 
  numbers 
  in 
  scattered 
  

   localities, 
  failed 
  to 
  increase 
  to 
  any 
  extent, 
  but 
  persisted 
  until 
  recent 
  years, 
  although 
  on 
  

   the 
  verge 
  of 
  extermination. 
  Concerning 
  the 
  factors 
  controlling 
  the 
  situation 
  we 
  are 
  

   altogether 
  ignorant. 
  

  

  Our 
  information 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  belts 
  in 
  the 
  Sebungwe 
  district 
  up 
  to 
  1910 
  is 
  due 
  

   almost 
  entirely 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Val. 
  Gielgud, 
  formerly 
  Native 
  Commissioner 
  for 
  the 
  district. 
  

   Mr. 
  Gielgud 
  states 
  that 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Sengwa 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  years 
  following 
  1896 
  the 
  fly 
  

   was 
  only 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Manzituba 
  (see 
  Map 
  II). 
  The 
  country 
  

   lying 
  between 
  the 
  Sengwa 
  and 
  Umniati 
  (Sanyati) 
  Rivers 
  was 
  formerly 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  

   Mafungabusi 
  district, 
  but 
  has 
  now 
  been 
  merged 
  into 
  the 
  Sebungwe 
  district. 
  Con- 
  

   cerning 
  this 
  portion 
  the 
  available 
  information 
  is 
  somewhat 
  indefinite 
  as 
  regards 
  

   boundaries, 
  but 
  all 
  . 
  reports 
  agree 
  that 
  no 
  fly 
  existed 
  to 
  the 
  Sengwa 
  side, 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  

   belt 
  always 
  existed 
  along 
  the 
  Umniati 
  river, 
  which 
  has, 
  however, 
  only 
  extended 
  to 
  

   its 
  present 
  limits 
  within 
  recent 
  years. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  personally 
  noted 
  a 
  southward 
  

   extension 
  of 
  about 
  seven 
  miles 
  since 
  November 
  1910, 
  and 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  testimony 
  

   of 
  white 
  hunters 
  and 
  natives 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  considerable 
  progression 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  

   and 
  west. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  native 
  disturbances 
  and 
  other 
  troubles 
  which 
  affected 
  Southern 
  

   Rhodesia 
  in 
  1896-7 
  and 
  the 
  undeveloped 
  state 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  exact 
  information 
  

   concerning 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  tsetse 
  between 
  that 
  time 
  and 
  the 
  year 
  1900 
  cannot 
  be 
  

   expected. 
  The 
  areas 
  coloured 
  red 
  in 
  Map 
  I 
  give 
  a 
  general 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  infested 
  

  

  