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Vol. 1, p. 283 (April 14, 1875): 



„I did not leave the house to-day, being- kept at liome by a 

 sore foot." 



Vol. 1, p. 404; von der Yule-Insel und Hall-Sound in Britisch 

 Neuguinea : 



„Small insects, such as g-nats and sand-flies, are much too 

 abundant, and are a continual torment. There are day-gnats and 

 night-gnats, of all colours and of all sizes. The sand-flies are our 

 next greatest enemies, and they penetrate through everything. 

 Fortunately, however, they only make an appearance during the first 

 days of a new moon." 



Mit „my people", p. 272, meint er Leute vom Bismarck-Archipel 

 und von den Neuhebriden, also Eingeborne. Papuas werden also 

 auch angegriifen. Sehr wahrscheinlich war der „sore foot" d'Albertis' 

 die Folge der Angrift'e unserer Milben. 



Bemerkenswert ist die Versicherung d'Albertis', daß die „sand- 

 flies" nur nach jedem Neumond auftreten. Seit wir die merk- 

 würdigen Lebensweisen von 3 Arten des Palolowurms 

 kennen, sollten alle Berichte über Empfindlichkeit 

 von Tieren und Pflanzen für Mondphasen usw. mit 

 großer Genauigkeit notiert und, wenn möglich, untersucht 

 werden, und nicht als Geschichten ohne Grund verworfen werden. 



Vol. 2, p. 34 : 



„For some days past all on board have complained of a violent 

 itching- in different parts of the body, without flu ding- out any cause 

 for it, but to day an almost microscopical insect was discovered, 

 which has either attacked us in the forests, or has been carried on 

 board in the skin of the gowras and other birds, which mostly live 

 on land. I found that certain red lumps on the skin of these birds 

 are actually formed of hundreds of these almost invisible creatures. 

 The root of each feather becomes a pleasant abode for them. They 

 must also possess immense productiveness ; in fact our bodies were 

 entirely covered with them. It was useless to wash ourselves, either 

 with liot water and soap, or acid, or eau-de-Cologne; but to day we 

 had recourse to a new expedient, that of washing ourselves with 

 petroleum. At Yule Island I found this process efficacious in similar 

 cases, and also that the ulcer produced by the disease called cascado 

 dies away after repeated applications of the oil. I also tried it at 

 Andai in 1872, and ad Yule Island this year." 



Hierbei sei bemerkt, daß, wenn die T/u-omhid/i(m-h-äv\en sich 



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