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out the world, the number being augmented from time to 
time by new discoveries in remoter parts. 
And who shall state what is the good of this striving to find 
all the existing forms, of publishing treatises on the measure- 
ments of their skulls, the shape of their teeth, their exterior 
colouring, their geographical range, their habits, their food 
and their parasites ? 
Yes — that is a difficult question to answer. 
What is the good of it all ? 
A good retort would be to ask what is the use of the study 
of distant stars, of the antarctic regions, of folk-lore, of the 
depths of the sea, or of the history of art. 
Perhaps it is because of a thirst for information which will 
never be assuaged. 
NOTES 
BIG GAME AND TSETSE FLIES 
The following is taken from The Field of October 7, 1911. 
It is reprinted in our Journal as the connexion between big 
game and tsetse flies has been much discussed here. Much 
has been written on the subject and much more will assuredly 
be written before any definite conclusion is arrived at. The 
report reprinted here gives us an idea of what others are 
doing and may help somewhat towards the solution of a 
problem which is of supreme interest to all lovers of the 
magnificent fauna of the Protectorate. (Editors). 
Report to the Executive Committee of the Natal and 
Zululand Game Protection Association of the 
Sub-committee Appointed to Inquire into the Life 
History of Glossina morsitans and Glossina 
PALLIPEDES AND ThEIR RELATION TO GAME ANIMALS. 
Tsetse flies are confined to Africa ; they occur in Sierra 
Leone, Gold Coast, Congo, Lake Chad, Somaliland, and East 
