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bush ague 
a kind of ague caused by protracted isolation in the bush.
- 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.
- 1839 On this day I was attacked with an ague, or Bush fever, common to settlers in their second or third year.