The above observations were made in 1932-33, when stainers were scarce in the veld.
In the wet season, when the forest is shady, the fly is much more generally distributed through the veld.
In all cases hoppers were fed on the natural veld grasses, fresh grass being cut and placed in the cages twice daily.
Food selection by transvaal low veld giraffe as determined by analysis of stomach contents.
Refugees also sought to trap and hunt game, or took to eating veld foods, some of which were unfamiliar and poisonous.
There are also various families of dassies in the area, continuously breeding and expanding, which live in the bushy and rocky surrounding veld.
The effect of the heat was made worse when the dry grass of the veld caught fire from a carelessly discarded match.
About 20% of the country consists of the low veld under 900m.
