THE FESTIVE MOSQUITO.

Manawatu Herald, 12 February 1889, Page 2

THE FESTIVE MOSQUITO.

Are the mosquitoes bad ? asked 8 Mend of one who had juat returned from a trip to the bush. Bad I h» ejaculated, no, never better in their lives I should say, judgiag by their activity, song, and auction power. What do they do ? d*unafid<*i. out new chum friefcdy they can't eat you! Well, no, it would Be better it thw would take you wholes but each , mosquito takes a little of you, and invites hia friends to thie balance. I cannot understand all this talk about mosquitoes, they just resemble^ the English gnat, and with a little earn they should not annoy you*, I' wiah you would explain the wftdle ptaeeM. Well, my frierittV as youseJM so jolly ' innocent I will, but there is northing . to beat a trip mtb the ooutitry tkejr most prefer", just run uj> .to Shannon for a night or two. Nwer mind that, let me hear all you have. so aftjp against, thjimj,, &h.! n*w that ia '«* actly" what I cannot, as when nifi^-;-quitoes are thick, one says so -inriSjrT things that one hasn't time to *emember all he fiaysj and vn& £#*.*"> > devote the greater part .of 3uß«rae- ( v ever after, praying that what he haft said will not be remembered against ;.. him. Job, during hia troubles, said, ■; "They have gaped upon,n>e w&h .. their mouth ; they havo smitten me, ; ; upon the cheek reproach&Uy; they have gathered themselves . to^ethei against me," but in mine, Tdid not stay at that. You must know that for size and dignity a mosquito it very easy to beat^ut cunnjmg audjfor power of obstiußivfln&JS their* is nothing qn earih'fo equaVit: . T&e " object of the insects attack i#,^pre'-'"" eumably, to gorge himself , at "your expense, and if he would simply devote himself .to his own business, ana ' ' allow you to attend toj jrour^, ,flot half so much need have been said; but the beggar won't. He'sasn«ak, he doesn't move about in an. oifdin* , ary manner, but hides himself up in £h& shade, and when a victim drawn . near, pounces upon him. .Far %i space of a minute or two you S3*y rt dream that every mosquito has b««a recalled to that place from .«^b;>. they were let loose, but it is, oni^TOr* $ a minute, after which you will become aware of an awful buaei&g in'; your right ear, then peace,' then 4 ■' alights on the tip , of your takes a look inside of it, flies but, , performs a little buzz by you? left ear, alights on your hand) and, . before are aware or it, ha* fastened on your forehead, just abtivetf the line your hat fits to, and where the flesh is tenderest. You don't fetaovageyet, you mer«sf git* youf cad a crack after the mosquito .hut- > ■ flown away to tell his mates that hi has met with ' one more fool 'ifc-ifc* bush/ This intelligence is greeted with a perfect roar, and they all come waltzing along to have a look at the fellow. Every oae of th#BS . having raced roun<l yojur head, after the fashion of a Scotch reel, the skirmishera commence their attack. The knowing ones are depittdLto this dut^v; those who have pasß«Fin anatomy, and can pick out all tH» tenderest portions of the •^bunaM frame with unerring directooas. When they have thorough^wfttftpd up to their work, your arms are kept flying about -like the sails of a windmill, and then the fun (to those peste) commences. The skirmishen Keeping your attention fixed dn them, permits the less adventurous, but quite as glutinous, other memberf/i of 'thxß gang to alight upxm-tWback of your neck, to take 4. long strong pull of your life* blsodj.iiAiljit another, regardless ,oi; : th© feotifca of, your arms,, stand*' coafcHatiwUy on the inside of your, wraa« »iid .'shpves in. Your mouth, gets i bpeiif for ottjer on tfaeir bends, and thjEoe,^ four aw so&n iniidei .whilst ptejqfiag them' out, one will have dwcoveredwhetHwf the wax iq your ear bears., any it- , se*nblanee to b©e/s was.^d »f i r*eaV as can crowd in, are having the'finesjj larka (to them) up fche legs/ of- your ta'oußers. You muair; remriwijaic: thar the time when the mosquito is' thf. most active, is thetime of all othere, that a quiet repose would be the wan* of delight, as a etoge «^»uggy evening, when it thre^afe Vp rW, juafc seems to sharpen their appetites to tha" do or die " point. It is an imm«ni« saiidfaelaon,., after ; expjgtj^ing./^ui amount of energy sijfi|cien^to^etfii tree, you find that jrpur nu^exoua blows on all paris of your body has .atlast resulted in killing o«e moaqpito, who. in dyiog, after a ,£t glonoos •• byrst " at your" oisenw. leaye* behindjhim, a d©ep'blood.'r»d st»ia The victim of e'.firft ati^k preeeoteat dayUgUt a mwt dfl*wdated figure, one eye banged Wms forebW cojered wifch large ' bloleEei 'the*<jlterojChiß shirt caat open, to bis xjeek^iieh a series q£ WejiiDgsJftnkhia arms and legs itching as thot^aothing would ever reUeve ST'His blood, is hmn^ bis vxmr, abominable, and his :\^tSWmo». quitoe.g ine ? tinguißhablo. : Aftit thin ia there ariyjKing else yon to know about inowitfttoeg^- '

Mom. Even. February 13 7.52 8.20 14 844 9.17 15 9.27 7.48