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on the ground, and poising themselves erect to 

 watch for prey, towards which they advance 

 rapidly by doubling up the body and holding on 

 with their head and tail. They are of a yellowish- 

 brown colour, streaked with black, with one 

 greenish line along the whole length of the back, 

 and a yellow one on each side. Their bites 

 scarcely give any pain at the time, the punctures 

 being so small as hardly to be perceptible, but 

 they cause an uncomfortable irritation; and with 

 persons in a bad state of body often occasion 

 nasty ulcers, which are slow to heal. The natives 

 were accustomed to smear their naked legs with 

 some peculiar kind of grease mixed with ashes, 

 the scent of which prevented the leeches from 

 biting, otherwise they would have been seriously 

 inconvenienced by their attacks. 



Every traveller and sportsman has his own 

 idea and style of dress. " As many men, so many 

 fashions" but, for the benefit of the uninitiated, 

 I will give a list of such clothes, as I consider 



