372 SELLING LATIN AMERICA 
calities cannot be denied. Ecuador, Vene 
zuela, Peru and Brazil have this disease more 
than any other countries of South America. 
It is caused by the bite of a specific flea. 
Daily baths have a tendency to wash away the 
germs deposited by this insect. 
For the purpose of keeping away fleas, 
mosquitoes and other pests it is well to apply 
daily to the exposed portions of the body a 
solution of equal parts of spirits of camphor 
and oil of citronella, a pint bottle of which 
should form part of one’s traveling kit. 
Leprosy need not be feared. My experi 
ence of several years in one of the largest lep 
rosy hospitals in the world, in a country with 
many lepers among its inhabitants warrants 
me in saying positively that the probabilities 
of a temporary resident contracting this dis 
order are almost nil. 
It is a wise precaution, for obvious reasons, 
when travelling in remote districts to carry 
your own pillow, sheets and bed-clothes, a 
hammock being preferable to a bed because 
more sanitary and easily conveyed.