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No reason to suppose so. Written by Spencer (3/3/2003 5:22 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, In real life..., penned by Frank

] would Darcy not have emerged from the pond covered in ticks and leeches? Below is an interesting note re Lyme...

I have bathed in rivers, lochs and in the Hampstead "bathing ponds" without ever getting a leech. Ticks are picked up in long grass etc where they await hosts, leeches lurk in the water but neither are often a problem in England.

They may have been more common in JA's day, of course. Medicinal leeches are now a protected species - but pollution seems to be the main reason for their deline. As an important element of Regency medicine I imagine that they were valuable and enthusiastically collected so I doubt that there were masses more in most ponds in Darcy's day!

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swimming kathy taylor (3/1/2003 10:30 p.m.)

swimming and bathing Line (3/2/2003 10:15 p.m.)
Thank you kathy taylor (3/2/2003 4:41 p.m.)
Healthy vs unheathy seaside resorts KatherineA (3/2/2003 11:16 a.m.)
- In real life... Frank (3/3/2003 3:47 p.m.)
  - Who is the Irishman? KatherineA (3/4/2003 7:35 a.m.)
    - I'm afraid..... Caroline (3/4/2003 7:50 a.m.)
  - Well, of course he was Linden (3/3/2003 10:07 p.m.)
  - No reason to suppose so. Spencer (3/3/2003 5:22 p.m.)
    - Very likely... Frank (3/3/2003 9:23 p.m.)
Kathy, may I use this question as a "test case"? Caroline (3/2/2003 10:22 a.m.)
- 18th century swimwear BethMarie (3/8/2003 12:50 a.m.)
All sorts of information in the archives kathleen (elder) (3/2/2003 7:06 a.m.)

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