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Golden Bay Argus, Volume 2, Issue 6, 8 July 1892, Page 7

Fighting Mosquitoes-—People who camp but for vacation amusements may find a valuable hint in the experience of a camping party on Lake Winnipiseogee, thus told in " Good Cheer :" The little pests Bwarmed upon us in clouds. Sleep was impossible, and we devoted the first hours of the evening to fighting our lilliputian adversaries. We smoked until we could scarcely breathe in* the stifling air, This they seemed to like, and buzzed and stung all the more merrily for it. We scented ourselves and bedding with essence of peppermint, with spearmint and carbolic acid, which pleased them so well that the myriads inside the tent called; upon other myriads outside to come in and help them enjoy it. The situation was grow-. ing desperate. But at last I bethought me of one more expedient which had been recommended, but which I hadfbrgotten, I searched through my stores and brought out A a piece of gum camphor. Taking a piece about the size of a walnut, I placed it on a tin plate and set fire 'to it. It burned aB ; ; readily as pitch, with a bright, clear flame and apparently no smoke. But it acted like a charm. In two'minutes the multitudinous . hum had ceased; in five minutes not one of our winged persecutors remained within the walls of our tent. Then, making everything comfortable, and carefully covering our OM window with the mosquitoe bar, we went te . ced and slept the sleep of the just, with Mttt |S a bite nor a hum from our odious foes, ;