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net. Mosquitoes are more or less abundant on every 

 salmon-river. Though primarily a night-bird, they are 

 ready for business at almost any time, giving themselves 

 but little ground for self-reproach because of neglected 

 opportunities. When the sun shines warm and bright, 

 or when the nights are clear and cold, they retire into 

 privacy to think over their sins. At all other times they 

 go about like a roaring lion, seeking whom they may de- 

 vour. 



During the day-time the angler who conforms his prac- 

 tice to the preceding precepts may laugh at them. But 

 to sit up all night to apply "bug-juice" at stated inter- 

 vals, or to spend the hours which should be devoted to 

 repose either in active hostilities or in weeping amid the 

 fumes of a smudge, will be found very inconvenient far 

 more so than to carry the insignificant bulk and weight 

 of an unnecessary mosquito-net. It may not be needed, 

 but if wanted it will be "wanted mighty bad." It is 

 " better to be fixed." 



Select a fabric of the finest mesh, and have it made up 

 as follows. Do not rely on a mere sheet. The mosquito 

 of the wilderness is a persevering rascal, by no means 

 easily discouraged. When its path is barred, it will 

 prospect for a passage all the night long with the perse- 

 verance of a gold-hunter. And should it find entrance, 

 it will raise a hullabaloo of triumph that will banish sleep 

 as effectually as would a ducking in a mill-pond. 



The mosquito-net should be fashioned on the model of a 

 box with the bottom up. It should be two feet wide, and 

 anywhere from three to six feet long. The sides should 

 be three to four feet deep. Where the sides join that 

 part which corresponds to the bottom of the typical box, 



