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sofa in a public cabin when all the staterooms were 

 occupied on the steamer. He also brought the 

 creatures home with him and spread them broad- 

 cast before he discovered them. 



I tell you these incidents as a warning to you 

 boys so that you will avoid any similar adventures. 

 You are liable to pick up Fig. 253 in school or 

 almost anywhere else, because this is the one that 

 loves to get into your hair. One careless boy can 

 spread Fig. 253 all through a school before it is 

 discovered, and one nurse girl can supply all the 

 children in the family with them. 



Fig. 255 is found on cows, Fig. 257 on low, 

 degraded people, and Fig. 256 on birds. I have 

 never had any experience with the sort that infest 

 cows or people, but in my investigation of birds 

 I have had my hands and arms covered with the 

 flat white creeping things which torment our song- 

 sters with the pricking of their feet and by feeding 

 upon their feathers. However, these insects are not 

 built to stay on a human being, and may be brushed 

 off, or one can rid oneself of them by a change 

 of clothes. They are fond of birds, not people. 



On account of the mouth being built for biting 

 in place of for sucking, like the other bugs, this 



