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high-legged boots. As if these tiny pests could not 

 easily crawl into the boots from above! II ere; and there, 

 in spite of all my precautions, I have found them on my 

 own body. Hut my worst experience ot them was when 

 I was confined to bed ior a long time alter a heavy 

 attack of fever ; no less than seven sand-Hies, as lar^e 



as peas, were: removed from my toes by erne- of my 

 black boys 



Dogs and monkeys in e-aptivity are- very skilful in 

 relieving themse:l\es ot" the-se; odious pests ; but they 

 always gel infested again. 



I )uring my many years ot African travelling I have 

 never had mue'h trouble trom flies -with the exception 

 of the- tsetse:-tly -anel never found the fly-pest in any 

 way so distressing as in some places on the Somali Coast. 



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