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Ref No	GB 0809 Ross/146/04/36
Level	Item
Title	Letter from Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson, Governor, Cape Colony
Date	16/3/1902
Description	He has read Ross' book, Mosquito Brigades, and that he found that in the West Indies the mosquitoes bit only during the day. In New South Wales he found them only in swamps but they pursued him from the swamp over two or three miles and that there is no malaria or yellow fever in Cape Colony. Speculates on mosquitoes carrying typhoid
AccessStatus	Open
Language	English

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