LITTLE PEOPLE OF THE OUT-DOOR WORLD 571 



hands. The ends of the fingers of the glove are cut off 

 to give freedom to the fingers and muslin sleeves are 

 sewed to the tops to protect the arms. But with all 

 these protections I have suffered the torments of the 

 damned from the attacks of these minute insects. 



One time when 1 was camping in the north woods the 

 exposed portions of my finger tips were eaten until they 



A Bear Driven Wild by Black Flies 



were perfectly raw. The flies even got inside of my 

 shirt, and I almost wished that I was back in the city. I 

 felt ashamed of myself to think that I should allow little 

 things like black flies to cause me so much discomfort, 

 so I inquired of a number of the Indians what effect the 

 black fly had upon the wild game besides driving the 

 deer and moose to water. 



One famous bear hunter, whose camp was littered 

 with the skulls of these beasts, told me that he had often 

 seen a bear, driven wild by the attack of the black fly, 



