peans in that part of the world. Any hints you could give
me as to maintaining health in such a climate would be most
gratefully acknowledged.

I do not think that it is possible for any European, whether he adopts
fruitarian or ordinary diet, to entirely escape malaria, since it is
caused by a minute parasite which is forced into the blood by a
certain form of biting mosquito.

The parasite will, however, surely gain less hold on one whose blood
is clean and pure and whose vital force is strong, than on one who
dissipates his strength by partaking of meat, alcohol, tea, coffee and
other stimulants, or who otherwise gets his blood into a bad state by
faulty diet generally.

Therefore, the thing this correspondent should do is to live as much
as possible upon the simple frugal fare of the natives. He can take
raw coker-nut freely and eat the fresh fruits which grow in this part
of Africa. If he can obtain pineapple or papaw he will find these
excellent to help him to retain his health and strength in this
country.

UNFIRED DIET FOR A CHILD: IS IT SUITABLE?

Mrs L.B.F. writes:--My husband and I are much interested in _The
Healthy Life_, deriving much benefit and good advice from its
pages. It is the only magazine, we find, which answers questions
that we have long been puzzling over. Reading a work of the
"Montessori Method" of training children last night I was
disturbed to find I had, according to that book, been feeding my
little boy, aged three years, all wrong. It says: "Raw vegetables
should not be given to a child and not many cooked ones. Nuts,
dates, figs and all dried fruits should be withheld. Soups made
with bread, oil, bread and butter, milk, eggs, etc., are the
principal foods Dr Montessori recommends. She also advocates the
use of sugar."

Our boy has nuts, ground and whole, all the fresh fruits and
dried ones, salads, brown bread and nut butter, sometimes dairy
butter, no milk, his food mostly uncooked, as we ourselves
believe in. If Dr Valentine Knaggs would give us his opinion on
this I should be very grateful. The boy is healthy, but I notice
a slight puffiness below the eyes of late in the morning. Also
his temper does not improve as he gets older. Will he be having
too much proteid (nuts) for one of his years, or is the temper
natural as a result of bad discipline. His father is away all
day, and