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Glossina  morsitans  and  its  relation  to  wild  animals.  Passing 
through  a  country,  as  we  were,  it  is  difficult  to  place  a  correct  value 
upon  isolated  observations  ;  but  since  our  results  tend  to  coincide  in 
many  important  particulars  with  those  of  certain  observant  residents 
and  are  somewhat  opposed  to  the  popularly  held  beliefs  which  have’ 
been  imported  from  South  of  the  Zambesi,  it  is  deemed  advisable  to 
set  them  forth  here  for  whatever  worth  they  may  possess. 
The  strains  of  trypanosomes  we  obtained  were  carried  to  Pretoria 
en  route  for  England,  but  it  was  found  there  that  the  steamship  line 
by  which  w'e  were  returning  refused  to  permit  them  to  be  taken  on 
board.  We  consider  ourselves  fortunate  that  it  was  to  Pretoria  they 
had  been  brought,  for  Dr.  Theiler  has  most  kindly  undertaken  to 
look  after  them  until  further  arrangements  are  made. 
II.  DISTRIBUTION  OF  STOCK 
I.  North-Eastern  Rhodesia. 
Our  rapid  passage  through  the  country  makes  it  impossible  to  do 
more  than  outline  the  distribution  of  domestic  stock,  and  our  task  is 
rendered  more  difficult  by  the  fact  that  in  some  districts  we  did  not 
meet  the  local  official,  or  were  unable  to  visit  his  headquarters.  We 
believe,  however,  that  our  information  is  exact,  and  in  most  cases  one 
or  other  of  us  has  visited  the  European-owned  animals.  We  will 
discuss  the  distribution  in  magisterial  divisions. 
East  Loan gwa.  In  the  vicinity  of  Eort  Jameson  the  Administra¬ 
tion  has  instituted  a  cattle  farm,  while  settlers  and  missionaries  around 
this  capital  all  own  stock.  Glossina  morsitans  is  practically  limited 
to  the  North  and  North-West,  and  the  natives  (Angoni)  of  the  neigh¬ 
bourhood  keep  cattle.  There  are  a  few  horses  or  donkeys  or  mules 
in  the  district  which  are  said  to  do  well.  We  shall  refer  later  to  two 
outbreaks  of  trypanosomiasis  which  occurred  in  the  healthy  stock  of 
Fort  Jameson  as  the  result  of  the  importation  of  infected  cattle. 
The  Native  Commissioner  of  Petauki  keeps  some  twenty  head  of 
^^  ernment  animals  for  milking  purposes. 
West  Loangwa.  At  Serenji  some  twenty  head  are  kept  by  the 
Official,  and  the  Livingstonia  Mission  there  keep  approximately  the 
same  number.  The  central  part  of  this  division  is  free  from 
