Nick Reiter wrote: > > Where I live (North-West Scottish Highlands) the deaded Highland midge is > the scourge of the land. The only repellent I have ever found to help is, > ... "skin so soft". Skin-so-soft also works on the Caribbean sand fly, which I think may have emigrated from Scotland with the colonists in the 18th century. I have a friend who home-brews a repellent. As I recall the recipe/formula, you start with mineral oil (maybe try s-s-s instead?) and add sulphur, oil of wintergreen, oil of clove, and some other oil I can't remember. Smells to high heaven, but he swears by it. Another trick from the South Georgia marshes is to wipe your skin down with a Bounce (tm) fabric softener sheet and then stick it half under your hat, so you look rather Legion Etranger-ish. Works for gnats, but doesn't do much for mosquitos. -- Steve *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Apr 10 2001 - 10:32:57 PDT
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