The typhoid began in earnest later on, as well as sand-fly fever.
The mosquito is a mournful and disgraceful fact; and so are the sand-fly, the stomoxys, and the flea.
Another noxious insect, the smallest, but not the least formidable, was the sand-fly known in Canada by the name of the brulot.
Another sickness of the hot season which now began to claim less victims was sand-fly fever.
They give rise to a malady known as sand-fly fever, which is like influenza and drains the body of all vitality for many days.