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I never faw the mufkitoes (Culex pi- 

 piensj more plentiful in any part of Ame- 

 rica than they are here. They were fo 

 eager for oar blood, that we could not 

 reft all the night, though we had furround- 

 ed ourfelves with fire. 



Wo o d- l i c e (Acarus Americanus Linn,) 

 abound here, and are more plentiful than 

 on any part of the journey. Scarcely any 

 one of us fat down but a whole army of 

 them crept upon his clothes. They caufed 

 us as much inconvenience as the gnats, 

 during the laft night, and the mort time 

 we flayed here. Their bite is very difa- 

 greeabJe, and they would prove very dange- 

 rous, if any one of them mould creep into a 

 man's ear, from whence it is difficult to 

 extract them. There are examples of peo- 

 ple whofe ears were fvvelled to the fize of 

 the fjft, on account of one of thcfc infects 

 creeping into them, and biting them. 

 More is faid about them in the defcrip- 

 tion which I have given to the Royal 

 Swediflj Academy of Sciences *. 



The Whipperiwill, or Whip-poor -Will 

 cried all night on every fide. The Fire- 

 flies flew in numbers through the woods 

 at night. 



Fort 



* See the Memoirs of the Royal Academy for the r 

 .1754., page 19, &c. 



