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high-lc^^gcd hoots. As if tlicsc tiny pests could not 

 easily crawl into the; hoots from ahoxe ! 1 I ere and there, 

 in spite ol all my precautions, 1 ha\'c; lound them on iny 

 own hody. Ihit ni)' worst experience; ol them was when 

 1 was conlmed to hed tor a long' time alter a heavy 

 attack ol lexer ; no less than sevcm sanddlies, as large 



A TAKIY Ol'- NA'l'l\'l':s 



as peas, were removed Irom my toes hy one; of my 

 i)lack hoys 



Dogs and monkeys in captivity are very skillul in 

 relieving themselves of tlu'se odious |)ests ; hut they 

 always get infested again. 



During my many years of y\lVican travelling 1 have 

 never had much trouhle Irom (lies — with the t;.\ception 

 of the tsetse-ll\- -and never found the; lly-pest in any 

 way so distressing as in some places on the Somali Coast. 



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