DCHP-3

bush ague

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a kind of ague caused by protracted isolation in the bush.

Quotations

1839
On this day I was attacked with an ague, or Bush fever, common to settlers in their second or third year.
1913
They reached for their guns, then started to shake and tremble as though the bush ague were upon them.
1966
To persuade islanders to forsake the comforts of home for the remote forests of Labrador, he now proposes to ease boredom and bush fever by offering volunteers . . . a tidy $400 per man.