Note 17 — Chapter LI · LAKE KHANKA TO THE COAST.

I had been recommended sundry remedies against these insects, and small vermin generally,—such as the burning of incense, a mosquito mixture of pyretum roseum, and another, the essential oil of cloves. I was prevailed upon to take some of the last-named, and offered the bottle to the officer travelling with me to try the first experiment. It made his hands and face tingle, but not in vain; and I followed suit, to find that the little nuisances approached one’s skin, evidently with malicious intent, and then changed their minds and sailed away.