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otherwise some of the eggs remain in the flesh. T1IIRD 



JOURNEY. 



and then you will soon be annoyed with more 

 chegoes. After removing the nest, it is well to 

 drop spirit of turpentine into the hole ; that will 

 most effectually destroy any chegoe that may be 

 lurking there. Sometimes I have taken four nests 

 out of my feet in the course of the day. 



Every evening, before sun down, it was part of 

 my toilette to examine my feet, and see that they 

 were clear of chegoes. Now and then a nest 

 would escape the scrutiny, and then I had to 

 smart for it a day or two after. A chegoe once 

 lit upon the back of my hand ; wishful to see how 

 he worked, I allowed him to take possession. He 

 immediately set to work, head foremost, and in 

 about half an hour he had completely buried him- 

 self in the skin. I then let him feel the point of 

 my knife, and exterminated him. 



More than once, after sitting down upon a Ticki. 

 rotten stump, I have found myself covered with 

 Ticks. There is a short and easy way to get quit 

 of these unwelcome adherents. Make a large fire 

 and stand close to it, and if you be covered with 

 ticks, they will all fall off. 



Let us now forget for awhile the quadrupeds, 

 serpents, and insects, and take a transitory view 

 of the native Indians of these forests. 



There are five principal nations or tribes ofP" n pai 



nations, or 



Indians in ci-devant Dutch Guiana, commonly tribes of 



Indians. 



known by the name of Warow, Arowack, Acoway, 



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