anticipation of a good rest and sound sleep. About 

 midnight the bites and shrill voices of a swarm of mos- 

 quitoes aroused us, and we arose, lit a candle and burnt 

 them out. About two the tent was again filled with bit- 

 ing and singing mosquitoes. Again I lit a candle. But 

 this time I searched for the place where they had en- 

 tered, and found a hole about two inches square near 

 the bottom of the entrance. The tentman had been 

 careless in overlooking this opening when he pinned up 

 the tent, and a nearly sleepless night was the result of 

 his carelessness. 



One more operation is necessary to make the mos- 

 quito exclusion complete. During the early hours of 

 evening or while the campers are retiring, some mos- 

 quitoes will always enter the tent. "When the last one 

 of these has been hunted out and burnt with a candle 

 as he alights on the walls or roof of the tent, the camp- 

 er may be sure of a good night's rest. A quick touch 

 with a burning candle will kill the mosquito but will 

 not set the tent on fire. If the evening is warm and 

 sultry one will hear many eager insects sing outside 

 and the certain knowledge that they can't get in will 

 make the little tent a very homelike spot in the wilder- 

 ness. 



Why not use some good mosquito dope ? I have used 

 several of them, but unless the need is very urgent, I 

 prefer to do without them. They all have more or 

 less of an unpleasant odor and they must all contain 

 more or less fat or fatty oils which make them disagree- 

 able to the skin. In the daytime while one is on the 

 march, they do afford some relief, but for protection at 



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