274 Bugs, Butterflies, and Beetles 



all sooner or later had some experience with them. 



But in times of peace in the United States, only 

 hoboes, tramps and those unfortunate people who 

 have to sleep in lodging houses and cannot change 

 their clothes often, are afflicted with these parasites. 

 Permanent camps, like Imnber camps, usually are 

 also supplied with them, and so are the wigwams 

 and huts of savages. 



The savages' tepees, however, are not the only 

 places one must avoid. I remember one time visit- 

 ing some fishermen's shanties on the coast of Maine. 

 My companion on this trip is now a celebrated 

 writer and president of a famous club. He was 

 always a neat, dapper and well-dressed man; even 

 in those early days when he was writing stories for 

 the newspapers he was noted as a well-dressed 

 young man. I had my suspicions of the fisher- 

 men's cabins, and when we entered one I declined 

 the proffered seat, but my companion, being a 

 genial gentleman and democratic, sat down on 

 the edge of the bunk in one of those cabins while 

 he took notes of the yarns the fishermen told him. 



When we returned in our sailboat to the rocky 

 coast where our cottages were located, I imagined 

 that my legs felt uncomfortable, so I waded into the 



