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short enough to pucker the mouth well together. Pull 

 on these gloves, and draw the gauntlets well up over the 

 coat-sleeve. Be sure that no open place — such as that 

 usual on the lower part of the palm of a kid-glove — is 

 left. The cloth must cover every orifice, or the pests will 

 enter the opening in a procession, and roam at pleasure, 

 wreaking their wicked will upon their victim, utterly un- 

 dismayed by his array of armor. Kid-gloves are advised 

 because they are sting-proof. K the fingers are cut off 

 no inconvenience in using the hands will be experienced. 

 They need not become wet, since all these creatures know 

 enough to go in when it rains. But the finger-tips and 

 the face remain to be protected. 



The soothing pipe will here add another to the long 

 list of blessings which it bestows on mankind. But it 

 merits and should receive its stated periods of repose. 

 We should not crowd a really good thing too hard. 



Therefore cause this lotion to be prepared, recom- 

 mended to me as really sovereign by one who had annu- 

 ally faced the foe on the salmon-rivers of Canada for 

 nearly forty years: 



Olive-oil i pint. 



Creosote 1 ounce. 



Pennyroyal 1 ounce. 



Camphor 1 ounce. 



Dissolve the camphor in alcohol, and mix. 



This will be sufiicient in quantity for a party of four. 

 The bottle which contains it may find place in the grand 

 depot of supplies. For daily use in the field, each should 

 be provided with an oval ounce-bottleful, to be carried 

 in the pocket at all times, ready for any and every emer- 



