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The contrivances which they use against gnats, wherewith the country
swarms, are the following. In the parts of Egypt above the marshes
the inhabitants pass the night upon lofty towers, which are of great
service, as the gnats are unable to fly to any height on account of the
winds. In the marsh-country, where there are no towers, each man
possesses a net instead. By day it serves him to catch fish, while at
night he spreads it over the bed in which he is to rest, and creeping
in, goes to sleep underneath. The gnats, which, if he rolls himself
up in his dress or in a piece of muslin, are sure to bite through the
covering, do not so much as attempt to pass the net.
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