by Ernest Thompson Seton
If you are camping in mosquito or fly season, the trip may be ruined if you are not fully prepared.
For extreme cases, use the ready-made head-nets. They are hot, but effectual. You can easily get used to the net; no one can stand the flies. In my Arctic trip of 1907, we could not have endured life without the nets. Indians and all wore them.
Of the various dopes that are used, one of the simplest and best is Colonel N. Fletcher's, given in Kephart's "Book of Camping and Woodcraft"
 | "Pure pine tar . . . . . . 1 oz. |
| Oil pennyroyal . . . . . . 1 oz. |
| Vaseline . . . . . . . . 3 ozs. |
"Mix cold in a mortar. If you wish, you can add 3 per cent. carbolic acid to above. Some make it 1 1/2 ozs. tar."
Most drug shops keep ready-made dopes under such names as Citronella, Repellene, Lollakapop, etc.
