We rose at daylight in a fever, and our misery was unmitigated during our whole stay.
The musquitoes of America resemble, in shape, those of Africa and Europe, but differ essentially in size and other particulars.

There are two distinct species, the largest of which is brown, and the smallest black.

Where they are bred cannot easily be determined, for they are numerous in every soil.

They make their first appearance in May, and the cold destroys them in September; in July they are most voracious; and fortunately for the traders, the journeys from the trading posts to the factories are generally concluded at that period.

The food of the musquito is blood, which it can extract by penetrating the hide of a buffalo; and if it is not disturbed, it gorges itself so as to swell its body into a transparent globe.