Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31

Forty years ago South Africa was
noted for its big game. Forty years ago
Rider Haggard, who was then a magis-
trate in Pretoria, capital city, used to
spend his Sunday afternoons seeking
lions In the bush not many miles from
his W court. Today South Africans
are making q strenuous effort to retain
what remains of the country'S wild
game. There Is still some good shoot
ing to be had In the lowveld OF the
northern Transvaal, but over the rest
Of South Africa the great beasts OF prey
have been eliminated.
Before the World War the govern
ment OF the Union Of South Africa
realized that big game, a national asset
was in danger Of extinction, n so a
great natural reserve was created in the
lowveld district Of Sable. This Is now
known as the Kruger National Park, In
many ways one of the greatest parks in
the world. Now South African farmers
are raising a cry, "Blot out the game"
and even the Kruger sanctuary is
threatened by the big gun of the white
man.
Attraction for Tourists.
The farmers acknowledge that the
game park is a great attractlon ZOE
tourists. It Is the mecca OF almost
every United States citizen who comes
to the Union. But the farmers md
AI..A. -k.nt-r Hao rriaA hy tho dHA0IV
tSetse nv which Is known to carry the
trypanosome Of magma from wild game
to the cattle on which 1t settles. Hence
the slogan: wipe out the game ana
nagana will be no more"
This view is hotly disputed by Sclen-
lists, who have pressed the government
not to take any drastic action until the
full results Of an investigation now IN
progress are made known. r. H. Harris,
noted entomologist, who did invaluable
research into the life, habits and evo-
luton Of the tsetse ny some years ago.
has established a camp on the banks OF
the Umfolozi River, q tSetSe controI
camp, and he is convinced, after m
vestigations lasting over q month so Tar,
that the campaign for the OBSTRUCTION
of game is an ill-inSpired one.
Mr.. Harris collects tsetSe flies. He
has hundreds in captivity. DonkeyS are
sent out to Craze in the shade OF the
stunted trees Just as cattle would DO.
They are attended by native servants
armed with butterfly nets and gau2e
cages, and as the tsetse flies settle ON
the donkeys they are netted and trans
ferred to the cages.
Mr.. Harris present work on the ny
has been on the lines Of killing 1t. He
scouts the idea Of eliminating the fly
by killing of the game. He aims at
killing the fy through its W attack
upon the domestic animal and his
experiments have been successful in the
laboratory and on a small field scale.
If he can extend that practice to the
weld as a whole he will have conquered
'nagana.
$4,000 Cattle Lost Yearly.
The Importance Of his task will be
realized when it is stated that white
South African farmers alone are esti-
mated to lose over $4,000 head Of cattle
yearly through magma. The losses of
native farmers must be very much
greater.
One Of the donkeys used by Mr..
Harris Is treated with one of the prepa-
rations the entomologist has evolved.
This is rubbed into the hair on the
animals hide, particularly or the legs,
upon which the tsetse fy is pone to
settle. The donkey may lick his hide