habits, etc., from the natives themselves. 
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VII. Native Names or BLoop-SuckiInG INSECTS AND OTHER 
ARTHROPODS, 
A knowledge of the native names of blood-sucking insects is necessary to 
anyone who may try to obtain any information with regard to their occurrence, 
It is also essential if any attempt is to 
be made to instruct the natives in the réle played by these in the dissemination 
of disease, a course which I strongly advocate. 
Finally, a study of such names, 
which often describe some habit or peculiarity of the insect as observed by them, 
is often instructive. 
For these reasons I have tried to collect the various names 
used by the different tribes which inhabit the Gambia, but of course this list 
must necessarily be incomplete. 
I have, however, included it in this report in 
the hope that anyone who may notice any fault or omission will kindly point such 
out so that it may be rectified. 
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— | Mandingo. Jolloff. Foulah. Teucolor. Jolah. (8) 
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Sandfly ... ... | Bokaro Mutumut Bokari ... 
Mosquito ... | Susula... Yoi .  Bodi : Bodi aes 
el —— ——— | ——————__ 
Flea ... | dattocolo Ae || en)! Fel 500 
Jigger . digger... ... | Jigger (6) Jigger 
Tick | Meto ... ... | Wetein ... | Koru | oa 
* Dabo . wee ec 
Bed Bug | | Babar \ Mata Nyaki ... 
Lice »  Karanko . | Tein Bamdi... 
’ : Sujolo (1 33 rs 
Large Tabanid Sit, jolo (2) +a } KOSS mantel ecartalemees.) |EeCOUNN tose 
Small Tabanid ... | Jolo ... Koss Pechu 
eu Bise | pad the a 
OLOmere BAG # 
Tsetse zs f Congo fin jolo (3) oer Nola jpazor| 
J Jolo J J 
l Jolo messem (4) 
| QIoaning Sicknecs f |Ceenojankaro(5) | Heribat (7) < iss | 
| Sleeping Sickness un ccreg Aaaa Wola Doingul... | Kaji Sng 
Ole CON Re 
. The jolo of the horse (suo). 
. The jolo of the “siti ’”—deseribed to me as a “ large bush animal.” 
. The jolo of the monkey (congo). 
. The small jolo. 
Both these terms are used by the Mandingoes. 
4.¢., enlarged glands, while ‘‘ceeno jankaro”’ is literally “ sleep sickness.” 
by those who have studied the language that this latter term was not introduced to 
translate the English phrase, but was used by the natives prior to our introduction of 
the term. 
The word “ jigger”’ seems to be universal. 
These two terms are used by the Joloffs to denote the two stages. 
“ Kanta bero”’ means “ neck stones,” 
It is averred 
“ Heribat ” is always 
translated by “the presence of bumps,” 7.c., enlarged glands, whereas ‘‘ neluan ” denotes 
the actual lethargic stage. 
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that they may be afterwards added to complete the vocabulary. 
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Unfortunately I did not get the Jolah equivalents, but I have included this column so 
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