What we did not know was
Mahaica was also World Head Quarters for Sand Flies and Mosquitoes. The moment
the train pulled out of the Mahaica station colonies of Sand Flies and Mosquitoes
descended on us with most vicious attack of insect on man ever. Sand Flies will
attack you in swarms on every exposed part of your body. They will find their
way through your hair down to your skull and the bite every exposed part that
no hair grows from and leave your head full of bumps, they are bad. The
mosquitoes there will bite and drink every drop of blood you own by the time
you reach to Rosignol, you will have no blood and pale. So there we were facing
eminent death when the two English soldiers produced the most complete defense in
the form of a bottle of Citronella oil. They offered to share some with us. We graciously accepted their offer. We rubbed
that oil on our body from head to toe. We literally took off our Yachting Boots
and rubbed the oil between our toes and of course on our head, under our shirt
and pants. “It just takes one sand fly to get under your shirt and pants to
have you scratching and itching. My brother
and I will always be great full to those two English soldiers.
Once upon an Easter.
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