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WANDERINGS IN 
THIRD feet, betwixt the toe nails and the flesh. There it 
joornkt. | 3 ur j eg itself*, and at first causes an itching not un¬ 
pleasant. In a day or so, after examining the part, 
you perceive a place about the size of a pea, some¬ 
what discoloured, rather of a blue appearance. 
Sometimes it happens that the itching is so trivial, 
you are not aware that the miner is at work. Time, 
they say, makes great discoveries. The discoloured 
part turns out to be the nest of the chegoe, containing 
hundreds of eggs, which, if allowed to hatch there, 
the young ones will soon begin to form other nests, 
and in time cause a spreading ulcer. As soon as 
you perceive that you have got the chegoe in your 
flesh, you must take a needle, or a sharp pointed 
knife, and take it out. If the nest be formed, great 
care must be taken not to break it, otherwise some 
of the eggs remain in the flesh, and then you will 
soon be annoyed with more chegoes. After re¬ 
moving the nest, it is well to drop spirit of turpentine 
into the hole; that will most effectually destroy any 
chegoe that may be lurking there. Sometimes I 
have taken four nests out of my feet in the course of 
the day. 
Every evening, before sun down, it was part of my 
toilette to examine my feet, and see that they were 
clear of checmes. Now and then a nest would 
escape the scrutiny, and then I had to smart for it 
a day or tw r o after. A chegoe once lit upon the back 
of my hand ; wishful to see how he worked, I allowed 
him to take possession. He immediately set to work, 
head foremost, and in about half an hour he had 
