Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-23
LIVELY roRMENToRs.
ne of the PIE tsures OF the ihse''
Of RrnIll.

taAe of the PIE tsures OF tho '"
of Brazil.
insects of all countries often posses
>. extensive power OF annoyance great
!, contrast with their dimlnutiVo
iye They appear. to combine inc
maximum of effect with the mlhiliiui'
If effort in u very scientific iasiioa'
Brazil is specially favored WIN
parasitic torments; and even II those
Who ara TO the manner born become
! case-hardened, the Traveller from
dimes where insect-life is less OF
fansive in its attacks, can never De
wholly reconciled to his lot Even the
most generous of Christians harpors a
revengeful spirit against his olooa-
| thirsty but minute assailants, when
are at once puny and powerful
| Take the bush-tick, for example
| Of this diminutive monster there are
three species, of which the largest Is
about three-quarters of an inch In d.
ameter We are told that this insect
was known to the ancients; but IL Is
very unlikely that they en,oye" its
acquaintance. There are three varie-
ties: Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes plumbeus
and lxodes reticulatus. The Latin
name was derived from its supposed
resemblance to the ripe bean OF the
Palma Christi. The Brazilian name Is
carrapato; and when examined under
a magnifying-glass, it is seen TO be
furnished with weapon OF oifense In
the form of trident of teeth, which
| are serrated inwards. 1t has also
three pair of legs, and each leg is pro-
vided with strong hooked claws Enor-
nous quantities OF the eggs are lad
upon the ground; and the young ones
as they creep out climb up the plants
and catch at any passing animal which
brushes past, and fatten on it. When
Mr.. H. w. Bates was in the highlands
of Brazil, he had to devote an hour at
the end of his daily rambles to pick
ing off the carrapatos that chung to
him by their incisive fangs. The in
fiction is so dreadful that horses and
cattle sometimes die from the exhaus-
ton caused by the bites of these Great
ures, which settle in swarms. The
traveller soon has the appearance of a
person suffering from shingles. Some
times the attacks bring on ricinian
fever, just as in Russia, people may
suffer from pulicious fever. The
rainy season kills many of the
earrapatos, and they also fall {
prey to the BIRDS and the ciriema, il
particular, isnever shot by the natives
because they know the value of its
services in thinning the ranks of the
multitudinous blood-sucking Ixodes.
Another insect torment of Brazil il
he Jigger, or Pubex irritans, Pule,
subintrans, Pulex minimus, Pule.
Denctrans. These interesting Great
res make their home chiefly in tn
uman foot, and hence are known t.
be Brazilians as bichos do pc (foot
casts}. Mr.. H. G. Dent had five o
hese unwelcome guests from Januar
June, and they took up their abod
y the following localities: the first o.
ie right big toe, second on the RICH
eel, third on the left heel, and tw
Hder the sole of the left foot II
I'd to cut them out.
Still worse are the verno, which at
eek indifferently cattle and huma
9ings. With animals, they appear t
Use a large hard lump, SO that the
,obably reside in the skin after tn
shion of the ox-warble in this couu
g. Sir Richard Burton says tina
cries are current of negroes losin
leir lives from the berno. The CRU
: deposited in the nose and othe
arts of the body, and if squeezed t
, cath, instead of extracted,
,sters, and produces serious cor
equences. Children of three month
ID may suffer from visitation
! lie berno. Some of the natives, in IL
use of adults, apply a burning site
the wound, in order to destroy til
orm. Mercurial ointment is ais
sed. Mr.. Dents dog was one mass
ores from the bernos and bichos {
'e, and it was pitiable to see him. whe
unning about, turn round almost eve,
' minute and, with a pitiful whine, BIZ
lis wounds until they were raw. Sue
tre some OF the pleasures of the inseC
| world of Brazil. -Chnn,bers, .Io,,y,,oI