GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



disappears, but if not cured, will appear again on 

 his return to a tropical country. 



A funeral of a white man is very depressing in 

 that horrid climate ; everything is over and finished 

 in so short a time, illnesses very often are so rapid, 

 and people are buried the same day on which they 

 die. I fear whisky has a lot to answer for in pre- 

 venting what otherwise might have been a recovery. 

 A death of a white person, even if that person is 

 unknown to one, always comes as a shock, and casts 

 a gloom over the community. 



The jigger may be a formidable enemy. He, or 

 rather she, is a nasty little flea-fellow who landed 

 on the West Coast of Africa about 1872 ; now it has 

 spread all over the tropical parts of the continent. 

 The little lady attacks any warm-blooded animal, 

 including man. An impregnated female burrows 

 into the skin, usually in man either on the toes or 

 fingers, choosing, if possible, the most sensitive parts 

 under the nail. Presently her body expands with 

 the growth of the eggs, till it is the size of a pea. 

 This sets up inflammation round the little hole in 

 the toe thus made, sometimes causing ulceration, 

 then the jigger is expelled ; but if not kept clean 

 the little sore may start many serious diseases, 

 tetanus for instance, or ordinary blood-poisoning. 

 Some people seem to have great ill-luck with re- 

 gard to jiggers, being laid up weeks and even 

 months with bad legs ; extreme cleanliness is a 



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