Sulphur As Mosquito
p. 54 · Read in the full issue
Repellant
AN interesting theory is described by Mr. G. R. Younger, of Cape Marsh, Solomon Islands. He asks if any Pacific resident has heard it claimed that if a man takes sulphur in some form internally, his blood becomes repellant to mosquitoes. He says that for some time he lived in one of Sydney’s northern sub urbs, where scores of dogs were annually killed by bush ticks. An old trainer of greyhounds told him: “Dose your dog with sulphur once a week and you will have no tick trouble.” Mr. Younger gave his pup sulphur, in liver and it escaped the ticks which may have been due to either luck or sulphur.
“I also remember some stories about bee farmers’’ says Mr. Younger. “They always took a few doses of sulphur and treacle, before robbing a hive, to keep the bees from stinging them. But that may have been only ab — tale!”
After a holiday in Sydney with her two daughters, Madame Vacher, recently re turned home to Noumea, New Caledonia, by Qantas flying-boat.