Dr. Ventius, I perfer to carry none of the common methods, because they interfere with my ability to gather data on the subjects. Any time I have carried it, wildlife has scattered in every direction and I come home having learned nothing. So I fear I must soldier on with little protection.

My dear Mr. Wiggins, so wonderful to hear from you. I have sent out for some Mrs. Morstimply’s Tincture upon your recommendation. I believe I’d like to write a paper about young Billy’s case at some point. Very interesting. Give my best to Mam and the children.

Great site.

So you be knowing it, and I don’t know if the pixie-fey be the same as in our parts, but you might be needing some of Mrs. Morstimply’s Tincture for them little blister sacks if they be a sprouting up all along those limbs of yours, Dr. Roundbottom. Ah, I recall the night little Billy Boyed Simbly got himself a case of the fey bubbles, oh the screams that night as they hatched, and the laughter as well. Them there baby feets and wings do tickle so. Goodness. We went through so much popcorn that night watching, it was like fireworks with all the Oooos and Ahhhhs. Wish we had had your techolologics, as we’d be enjoying ourselves some more of that, over and over, just as we are with your own recordinations this evening.

And if you ever do find yourself in our swampy parts, do drop by. Mam keeps saying she just has to meet what kind of manfolk could gets himself like you do.

Many thanks for your good field work. Do recover! Do record more! We will be waiting to listen.

Now some would argue for more mystical means. Certainly Heverson’s Lesser Ward will protect yourself from any swarm, if you want to go that route. Others might argue for a more technological answer, in which case Professor Weilde’s Inflamoration Projector might be a good fit. As for I, I would rather carry a bag of metal then the ritual materials for the Ward or the explosive canister of coal-tar gas for the Projector.

It seems it may well also be the poor professor’s downfall as well. I hope your curiosity was satiated Doctor and that your recovery is swift. Warm regards from ‘Terra Australis’.