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The two men crawled under their mosquito-nets and sank instantly into the easy sleep of those whose lives are spent in the open.

From The Green Flag by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

The Peterkins had wire mosquito-nets all over the house,—at every door and every window.

From The Last of the Peterkins With Others of Their Kin by Hale, Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody)

We were received cordially, and given a fine room, very high-ceiled, with two beds provided with mosquito-nets, and a window looking out upon the Ezbek�yeh Square.

From The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt by Sumichrast, Frederick C. de (Frederick Caesar de)

The prince escorted us to our rooms, where we found capital beds, beautiful linen, and very fine mosquito-nets, ornamented with fringe.

From James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell

There were no houses there for shelter, and only their mosquito-nets as tents.

From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill