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territory, had lost some eiglity head of cattle within a year. This man 
caught us a Tabanus, closely allied to 7 ‘. dorsivitta. Walk., and stated 
that his i)cople believed it to be the cause of the disease. While this 
is no proof, the spontaneity of the act indicated these natives' belief 
in the statement, which coming from .such a source is the more 
remarkable, as ordinarily they might be expected to blame the 
recc^ised enemy, the tsetse. 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN THE TERRITORY 
These observations refer to that part of North-Western Rhodesia 
which lies between 40' East Longitude and the River Kafue, and 
more particularly to that area in which one of us travelled. 
C.attle breeding is extensively carried on by the Mashakalumbwe 
jK'opIe, who occupy the North bank of the Kafue as it runs Eastwards 
to join the Zambesi. Isolated memlicrs of the same tribe living to 
the North of the rest are also cattle owners; the other tribes are not 
cattlc-nien, though a few of the largest chiefs whose villages are 
marked on the map ijossess a few cows in the kraal. If they own any 
more, these are quartered out with other chiefs resident in fly-free 
districts. It would appear that even these few are discontinuing the 
custom, partly owing to the losses tliey sustain from the tsetse, and 
jierhaps also because with the presence of Europeans the prices of 
cattle have risen, and they will no longer replace losses. As practically 
the whole area North of a line drawn from the Soiitli-Westem corner 
of the Hook of the Kafue’ to the South-Eastern boundary of the 
Congo bree State is infested by Glossina morsitans, it is understood 
that cattle-raising to any extent would be impossible, and that its 
absence is not entirely due to the indolence of the native. We are 
informed that in the old days ’ cattle breeding was extensively 
rarned on here, and that the spread of the tsetse, the epidemic of 
Tindery, and the tribal raids that took place before the British 
entered into |)osscssion. have brought about its cessation. 
Euroi^an settlers own one to three spans, each of sixteen to 
eig twn ead, for agricultural work; but the opening up of mines, 
an e ack of other forms of transport, have caused these animals 
to be taken from the farms and utilised for this purpose. Cows are 
«arce and are now obtained, together with the working bullocks, 
from the .Mashakalumbwe on the Kafue, or from the Barotse Valley 
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