The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . with matchlocks; and in the West Indiesthe English, under Cavendish and Dudley, seeing an innumerable body of these insects,fancied that the Spaniards were advancing upon them in force, and fled to the vesselsfrom which they had just landed. i MOSQUITOES—JIGGERS. 585 In Angola, Livingstone found the banks of the river Seuza infested by legions ofthe most ferocious mosquitoes he ever met with during the course of his long torment which they inflicted was, he says, at le
The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . with matchlocks; and in the West Indiesthe English, under Cavendish and Dudley, seeing an innumerable body of these insects,fancied that the Spaniards were advancing upon them in force, and fled to the vesselsfrom which they had just landed. i MOSQUITOES—JIGGERS. 585 In Angola, Livingstone found the banks of the river Seuza infested by legions ofthe most ferocious mosquitoes he ever met with during the course of his long torment which they inflicted was, he says, at least equal to a nail through theheel of ones boot, or the toothache. Edwards, on his voyage up the Amazon, wasno less tormented by these troublesome pests. Nets were of no avail, even if theoppressive heat would have allowed them; for those which could not creep throughthe meshes would in some other way find entrance in spite of every breeches they laughed at, and the interior of the cabin seemed a would not do, so we tried the deck, but fresh swarms continually poured over us,. THE MOSQUITO—NATURAL SIZE, AKD MAGNIFIED. and all night long we were foaming with vexation and rage. During his sojourn inthe Peruvian forests, Tschudi lay for several days almost motionless, with a swollenhead and limbs, in consequence of the bite of these intolerable flies; and although bydegrees the skin became more accustomed to the nuisance, and swelling no longer fol-lowed, yet their sting never foiled to cause great pain. During three months of theyear they infest the province of Maynas to such a degree, that even the stoical Indiansutter loud complaints, and the dogs endeavor to escape them by burying themselves inthe sand. The Chegoe, Pique, or Jigger of the West Indies {Pulex penetrans), is anothergreat torment of the hot countries of America. It looks exactly like a small flea, and 586 THE TROPICAL WORLD. a stranger would take it for one. However, in about fo
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