244 A SPORTING PARADISE 



shirt, slippers, etc., and spent a delightful night 

 upon an island where the flies could not reach me. 



A veil fastened round the crown of a broad- 

 brimmed hat, tied about the throat with an elastic 

 band, and kept clear of the face by means of 

 crinoline hoops, is a good protection. I strongly 

 advise hunters to get a mosquito bed-net if they 

 intend to camp out before September. There 

 are several preparations recommended against fly- 

 bites, but unfortunately the dirtiest are the most 

 effective. Mixtures of pennyroyal and almond 

 oil, or of oil of tar and turpentine in equal parts, 

 are of some use ; but if the angler wishes to 

 be completely fly-proof, regardless of expense, 

 he must go in for a villainous ointment made 

 of equal parts of tar and pork fat. 



Flies, bad as they are, are not very troublesome 

 to the Canadian sportsman. They prefer pale- 

 faced men from the cities, but the red-skin and 

 well-seasoned hunters are comparatively safe 

 from their attacks. Mosquitos are perhaps as 

 bad and as plentiful in parts of Essex as in 

 the most fly-pested fishing-grounds of Canada. 

 An article appeared in the Daily Mail on Saturday, 

 August 22nd, 1903, headed: 



" Myriads of Mosquitos. Essex suffering from 



