Sharp County record., 1880-03-04
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of the number and vorari,a pr
torments which work t6s;i. be
on the bodies of the upia pe
posed to their attacks. Thu
or small sand flies, form S,,
important section. In the m is
which the forest is clesrJy
some distance, the sancnSo. b
ally pretty quiet during t5a b
where darkness prevails; h. n'
ever busy, and ale a nss y. R
The triumphant note Of a rS'' s,' x
has made his way under ~, Ie
is more annoying than eys' w b
and should you have been a
getting into bed, and been =. p
by two or three of these MI
we will defy you to sleep mn
exterminated them. s(
In the forest and on the n "a
cudos are always busy. Me-, p
get into the vessels tops, and Q
er themselves with sacks, Dp1 y
ing the heat, rather than n, Q
exposed to their attacks. Fo
they can not stand a curreDt
SO when under way the yes
paratively free from them, Z
anchor these pests are sonnet
To get rid of them is nexttoN
Creosote will keep them os'
remedy is as bad as the disess
wash will drive them away
dry its power ceases; and
thing to do Is either to cover,
parts of the body with black
la mode hadjenne, Or else to
bear it.n
Scarcely less troublesOns
sancudos are the mosquitoes
they have the negative mert
only by day. They are niu
ures, not much larger thanst
they prefer the backs Of TIL
any other spots for their atl
unlike the sancudo, which, \
disturbed, gorges himself ur
to fly, and becomes an eay
your avenging finger, The
never seems to take too much
his escape on the slightest d
of dangar, being evidently JUL
awake when full as when emyI
Everywhere in long gras
"moquim," a little red inst
as to be almOstimperceptibhI
fastens on the legs, causing
intolerable itching.
There is a fly which bum
skin and deposits an egg, BOTH
beings and animals. This ,
maggot, similar in shape tot
common blow-fy, but mud
probably analogous to the Gds
Then there are /" chigOs, I" Z
row mostly in the soleS Of thei
feel an intense itching, and
nation find a little thing likei
under the epidermis; this i
containing the young ehl9l
must be carefully picked out
point of a knife, and the q
filed with tobacco ash.
Huge spiders abound, who's
pearance inspires a wholesont
a nearer acquaintance, but
harmless enough if let alone
on board the steamers, aln
cabin is tenanted by one la!
whose presence is tolerated :
of his being a deadly foe to col
which abominable creature'
board. Sometimes he is moi
a fortnight or more at a tllat
leaves tokens Of having Oee
in the shape of the emPE
cockroaches, from which De
fully abstracted the interlo
spiders have the power o. y
upon their prey from a df
some of them are so large1, an ~
as to kill and devour small Ol
In passing through the nal
paths it is necessary to De cl
out for the wood ticks, wh'
difficult to get rid of if OnCf
tached; also for the huge !
an inch and a halt IN X
stings like a hornets; anu
ant, without sting, but arng
pers like a pair of surglcS,l !,
ceps, which are running =. !,
where. One may some'lIi !
upon a column of the area a.
ants,' marching in regui1I
order; and if he does, the t.Sa, Un,
to bolt at once, for nel'nti I
beast may withstand the u !
live. When at length u J
stops to rest, he must take !
anime the camping grounu l,;s ,
neither centipede nor scolBs r.
Frequently both centlPeu'' ~ :,
pions are found on the Sleau az.
duced, no doubt, in the w. woV'
fuel. One day, while luz !n0
watching the hands taklnS XII 4
canoes longside, from ,:aeds one
pitched on board was dlSlJus .%s
pion, which fell on the naHs .Ss
of a man keeping tally az tIC aiC
Astonished by his sudden .,5' nS
the air, the animal remainSJ roJ
still The man never move.