﻿AND 
  BIG 
  GAME 
  IN 
  S. 
  KHODESIA. 
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  also 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  fly-belt 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Tchetchenini 
  Hill 
  in 
  the 
  Lomagundi 
  district, 
  

   where 
  fly 
  is 
  not 
  particularly 
  numerous, 
  and 
  another 
  herd 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  keep 
  to 
  the 
  

   west 
  of 
  the 
  Hanyani 
  River 
  below 
  the 
  escarpment, 
  where 
  fly 
  is 
  decidedly 
  scarce, 
  

   especially 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  season. 
  To 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Hartley 
  district 
  buffalo 
  is 
  found 
  near 
  

   the 
  Yabongwe 
  River, 
  where 
  fly 
  also 
  occurs, 
  but 
  in 
  no 
  great 
  numbers 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  

   writer's 
  visit 
  in 
  November 
  1911. 
  In 
  no 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  territory 
  has 
  the 
  writer 
  

   been 
  able 
  to 
  find 
  traces 
  of 
  buffalo 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  same 
  stretch 
  of 
  country 
  as 
  tsetse, 
  but 
  

   there 
  is 
  evidence 
  that 
  instances 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  north-west 
  of 
  the 
  Lomagundi 
  district, 
  

   a 
  part 
  not 
  yet 
  personally 
  visited. 
  In 
  Map 
  I 
  a 
  black 
  cross 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  spots 
  

   where 
  buffalo 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  within 
  or 
  close 
  to 
  fly-infested 
  country. 
  It 
  is 
  

   instructive 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  one 
  spot 
  where 
  the 
  fly 
  in 
  the 
  Sebungwe 
  district 
  appears 
  

   to 
  have 
  found 
  the 
  most 
  favourable 
  channel 
  along 
  which 
  to 
  spread 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  

   buffalo 
  is 
  by 
  all 
  accounts 
  absent. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  Lutope 
  River, 
  up 
  which 
  the 
  fly 
  

   certainly 
  extended 
  rapidly 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years. 
  The 
  writer 
  visited 
  this 
  river 
  

   in 
  October 
  last 
  year 
  (1913) 
  and 
  met 
  a 
  hunter 
  who 
  had 
  also 
  been 
  to 
  this 
  part 
  in 
  1912 
  

   and 
  previously. 
  This 
  hunter 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  fly 
  had 
  moved 
  about 
  twelve 
  miles 
  up 
  

   the 
  river 
  since 
  1912, 
  but 
  too 
  much 
  weight 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  accuracy 
  

   of 
  this 
  figure. 
  That 
  the 
  pest 
  had 
  moved 
  rapidly 
  up 
  the 
  river 
  appears, 
  nevertheless, 
  

   to 
  be 
  certain, 
  as 
  some 
  natives 
  who 
  were 
  being 
  moved 
  out 
  of 
  infested 
  country 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  sleeping 
  sickness 
  chose 
  this 
  part 
  for 
  their 
  future 
  habitation, 
  and 
  were 
  

   astonished 
  to 
  find 
  last 
  year 
  (1913) 
  that 
  fly 
  was 
  present 
  in 
  abundance 
  in 
  country 
  which 
  

   they 
  had 
  considered 
  free. 
  With 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  buffalo, 
  the 
  natives, 
  native 
  

   police, 
  hunting 
  " 
  boys," 
  the 
  Government 
  officials 
  at 
  Gokwe 
  (the 
  present 
  head- 
  

   quarters 
  of 
  the 
  Native 
  Commissioner 
  for 
  the 
  district, 
  recently 
  moved 
  from 
  Kariyangwe) 
  

   and 
  white 
  hunters 
  were 
  all 
  agreed 
  on 
  this 
  point. 
  

  

  The 
  converse 
  argument 
  is 
  of 
  little 
  importance, 
  but 
  one 
  hears 
  so 
  much 
  about 
  fly 
  

   following 
  the 
  buffalo 
  that 
  a 
  very 
  striking 
  instance 
  to 
  the 
  contrary 
  may 
  be 
  recorded. 
  

   Near 
  Nenyunka's 
  kraal 
  on 
  the 
  Sengwa 
  River 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  thick 
  thorn 
  brake, 
  such 
  as 
  is 
  

   termed 
  isi-nanga 
  by 
  the 
  natives, 
  in 
  which 
  buffalo 
  is 
  very 
  abundant, 
  far 
  more 
  so 
  than 
  

   any 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  game 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity, 
  but 
  tsetse 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  The 
  writer's 
  

   companion 
  on 
  a 
  recent 
  expedition, 
  Mr. 
  Ernest 
  Ritter, 
  had 
  spent 
  a 
  week 
  at 
  this 
  spot 
  

   without 
  seeing 
  any 
  tsetse, 
  although 
  keeping 
  a 
  constant 
  watch 
  for 
  them. 
  The 
  writer, 
  

   in 
  company 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Ritter, 
  penetrated 
  to 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  the 
  isi-nanga 
  where 
  the 
  drink- 
  

   ing 
  places 
  of 
  the 
  animals 
  were 
  situated 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  dung 
  made 
  the 
  

   place 
  look 
  like 
  a 
  cattle 
  kraal, 
  and 
  met 
  with 
  no 
  fly. 
  Nenyunka's 
  kraal 
  is 
  certainly 
  

   marked 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  fly-area 
  in 
  a 
  recent 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  district, 
  but 
  this 
  was 
  on 
  

   the 
  strength 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  having 
  been 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  by 
  natives. 
  The 
  

   edge 
  of 
  the 
  belt 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  is, 
  on 
  reliable 
  information, 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  fourteen 
  miles 
  

   up 
  the 
  Sengwa 
  from 
  this 
  point, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  another 
  belt 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  reaches 
  of 
  the 
  

   Sengwa, 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  clearly 
  defined, 
  but 
  here, 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  haunt 
  

   of 
  the 
  buffalo, 
  fly 
  is 
  absent. 
  

  

  To 
  sum 
  up 
  the 
  matter 
  rather 
  baldly, 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  certain 
  that 
  no 
  one 
  having 
  travelled 
  

   through 
  the 
  fly-belts 
  in 
  Southern 
  Rhodesia, 
  as 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  done 
  done 
  during 
  the 
  

   past 
  five 
  years, 
  could 
  entertain 
  the 
  idea 
  that, 
  except 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  localities, 
  the 
  blood 
  of 
  

   the 
  buffalo 
  is, 
  even 
  at 
  long 
  intervals, 
  a 
  regular 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  tsetse, 
  much 
  less 
  that 
  it 
  

   is 
  an 
  essential 
  one. 
  

  

  