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hit me, and I was awakened by an intense pain on the 

 left side of my head which became ahiiost unbearable, 

 then gradually subsided, and in two hours I slept again. 

 I applied nothing to the affected area because of the im- 

 possibility of locating the bite. On the left side of my 

 neck at the back soon developed two balls of moderate 

 size which had not quite disappeared four years after- 

 ward. Next day I found a large dark-coloured spider 

 which no doubt was the culprit. When chased it made 

 long high jumps on the floor, but was finally captured. 

 After that occurrence I paid strict attention to the mos- 

 quito-net, and when properly settled in my bed for the 

 night I felt as safe against snakes or harmful smaller 

 animals as if I were in a hotel in Europe. 



