. Two African trips, with notes and suggestions on big game preservation in Africa; . ce and our cook noscience. These negative qualities were extremely pro-nounced in the inevitable confusion of the first dinner was a laughable failure, but we ceasedto laugh before it was half over. As the sun went downwe realised to the full the drawbacks of our surrounded by marsh and cotton soil, which isthe breeding-place of mosquitoes, we were attacked bylegions of these insects. We dashed for every conceivablewoollen garment wherewith to protect neck, wrists, andankles, which
. Two African trips, with notes and suggestions on big game preservation in Africa; . ce and our cook noscience. These negative qualities were extremely pro-nounced in the inevitable confusion of the first dinner was a laughable failure, but we ceasedto laugh before it was half over. As the sun went downwe realised to the full the drawbacks of our surrounded by marsh and cotton soil, which isthe breeding-place of mosquitoes, we were attacked bylegions of these insects. We dashed for every conceivablewoollen garment wherewith to protect neck, wrists, andankles, which are the most vulnerable places, and, hastilymounting our mosquito-curtains, crept humbly to not to sleep, for it takes time and forethought todefeat these persistent enemies. An attempted bathreduces the victim to frenzy in two minutes. Here theonly remedy is for a friend, or two friends, to dance roundthe bather flickering a large towel like summer these snipers constitute the intolerable worry of thiscountry, it is worth while to indicate some precautions. \. THE WHITE NILE 63 Something may be done with smoking logs, judiciouslyplaced to windward, something too with gaiters, gauntlets,and mufflers, but the choice of the position of the camp isthe important point. Cotton-soil is the Nile deposit, which,as it dries, cracks in every direction, and from these cracksthe demons issue. It extends inland as far as the Nileflood reaches—a long way in low-lying places. The tentsshould be pitched as far from it on the solid yellow soil aspossible, and always with a thought for the blessed northernbreeze. Not only should beds be netted as carefully asgooseberry-bushes, but the dining-table also with a netlarge enough to cover the diners. The bed should also belarge enough to lie on without any part of the persontouching the net, or the prominence will be instantlydiscovered by a squadron of lancers. Essences are not ofmuch use, as they are generally too volatile; b
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